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John Perrault Poems

John Perrault's ballads and poems have appeared in numerous publications including The Lyric,
which awarded him the Virginia Prize for his poem, "Berry's Stone." additional publications
include The Christian Science Monitor, Commonweal, Poet Lore, and Key West Review.

Coming in April, 2005 HERE COMES THE OLD MAN NOW Poems by John Perrault Published by Oyster River Press ...whether to stormy Maine coasts, to the Paris of heritage, to the Argentina of the disappeared . . . All his dispatches resound against the base: home, hearth and the family around us and before and after us. . . ."                              –   Jean Pedrick "His poems are heartfelt, unsentimental; tender and muscular . . . political and deeply personal."                            –   Marie Harris

Also by John Perrault: The Ballad of Louis Wagner and other New England Stories in Verse (complete with CD Package) by John Perrault with photographs by Peter E. Randall Available in bookstores now.

These are five poems of John's.
   
    All Souls Eve
     The poem appears in John's book, The Ballad of Louis Wagner.

    Monument   
     On the rededication of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Goodwin Park,
        Portsmouth, NH, Oct. 21 2003  Read the story in Portsmouth Herald.

    Off East Point
    This poem is featured along with an accompanying essay by John in the September/October
      2003 issue of Accent on Home & Garden, now available at your local newsstand.

        
   Shoulders

        
   The Tugs