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Seedy Town Blues Paperback – September 20, 2023

by Thomas W. Case (Author)
4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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Thomas W. Case’s "Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems" delivers a powerful punch with its gritty and raw exploration of everyday life. Case, an Oxnard, California native, has previously published "The Bullfrog Dreams of Flying" and "Artichokes, Avocados, and Van Gogh." His poetry, often compared to Leonard Cohen and Charles Bukowski, has been featured in Lyrical Iowa and the Poetry in Public Project Iowa City. This collection, bursting with evocative and honest verse, showcases Case’s talent and passion. With hundreds of poems published in anthologies worldwide, "Seedy Town Blues" is a testament to his skill.
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    528 pages
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  3. Publication date
    September 20, 2023
  4. Dimensions
    6 x 1.19 x 9 inches
  5. ISBN-13
    979-8862029260
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0CJLR274H
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Independently published (September 20, 2023)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 979-8862029260
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.93 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.19 x 9 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.5 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings

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Thomas W. Case was born in California and now lives and writes out of Iowa. He has published 3 volumes of poetry. His latest is intitled Seedy Town Blues Collected Poems, and it's available on Amazon. His work has been featured in Lyrical Iowa and Poetry in Public Project Iowa City several times. He has published poems in many anthologies from around the world. Many have compared him to Charles Bukowski.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Word Weaver

Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023

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Thomas Case is a master craftsman of the woven word. His sardonic view of a challenged life carries the reader through the depths and heights of experiences with a colorful cast of individuals that crossed his path. His clever turns of phrases will stay with you long after the final word.

Melvin James (My Poetic Side)

October 17th, 2023 16:10

"Thomas W. Case is a true poet of the modern world."

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Powerful and gritty. He reminds me of Bukowski. The poems are slices of life that everyone can relate to. He has an honesty and a down-to-earth style that is refreshing in the high-brow world of literature.
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  • Hans Ostrom
    5.0 out of 5 stars Not Bukowski--and that's a good thing.
    Reviewed in the United States on February 15, 2024
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    The poems are so readable in this volume that I ripped through it pretty quickly, but I'll be going back to it many times. That's how inviting it is. The comparisons to Bukowski's poetry are obvious: fast-moving free verse in what we assume is the author's voice; struggles with alcohol addiction, self-destructive impulses, and women; a hard-nosed, honest look at the world. But Case is his own person and his own poet. What struck me rather quickly in these poems are the connections to people, something you get rather rarely in Bukowski's book. Even in rehab or homeless under a bridge, Case is still connecting with people, and the relationships with women evoked here are varied. Case is more of a social animal than Bukowski. There is also great intelligence here (as there is with Bukowski)--a mind at work. Many great turns of phrase--a poem in which he feels as if he's entering a battle without a shield, and this: "Fear is like/the shadow of a bat/larger than life." The range of emotions and ideas here is enviable, and in the voice and short-lined free verse, Case has found groove that works, to say the least. A fine, fine collection of poetry.
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  • Tim
    5.0 out of 5 stars A book worth reading.
    Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2024
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    I've read poems by Thomas before and saw him on Youtube. When I heard he had a book out I knew I had to get it. I'm so glad I did. Seedy Town reflects on different perspectives of a life in a seedy town - from heartbreak, to fear, to alcoholism and assorted others. Being his style is easy to read, I couldn't put it down. Each poem makes you want to read slow and take in what you're reading , and the formatting is just right.
    If you're a lover of poetry, I would definitely recommend Seedy Town.
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  • Ms M. Goose
    5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Read
    Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2023
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    Thomas is a wordsmith who is adept at sculpting a phrase to help you understand his experience and point of view. As with most good poet's work, there are a few that capture concisely a unique concept that you will ruminate on for some time. An example in Seedy Town that resonated for me would be in his poem entitled Amor Tardius Occidit. He states "...Love kills slowly; a backward glance from an invisible god. I'm the bird that sings but cannot fly. I'm the ticking of a clock. A rocking chair. Tick tock..."
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  • Vanessa Belcher
    4.0 out of 5 stars It's a raw and brutally honest view of some beautiful and some very rough times. Adult content.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2024
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    I love the honesty. The rawness of the poems pull you into the time and place, and more importantly the raw feelings of the writer. The poems are ranging from an innocent child's freedoms to the raw filth of addiction, mental issues as well as toxicity in love. It would be a great conversation starter in the right coffee table.
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars A collection of pain and triumph
    Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2024
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    This collection of poems describes struggles with depression, addiction, sex, homelessness, and despair. Amidst the failures, there is hope and success, love and the search for peace. Case takes the reader down the gritty rabbit hole to explore life at the very bottom, then shows us the way to an uncertain future. A powerful and at times graphic poetic journey. Not for the faint hearted.
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  • C M Potter
    5.0 out of 5 stars Word Weaver
    Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2023
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    Thomas Case is a master craftsman of the woven word. His sardonic view of a challenged life carries the reader through the depths and heights of experiences with a colorful cast of individuals that crossed his path. His clever turns of phrases will stay with you long after the final word.
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  • jacob erin-cilberto
    5.0 out of 5 stars expect real life from these poems, not flowers and sunshine
    Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2024
    A review of Seedy Town Blues—collected poems by Thomas W. Case.

    Wow! What a journey this large book of poems is as the reader escapes into the world of poet Thomas W. Case and finds he or she has crossed over into a world that is much like looking into a mirror.
    We see ourselves in our youth, we experience our own addictions through the words of this poet. We envision the end of our journey with the constant struggle to avoid that final stride, final turn of the pen, that last poem with our last gasp of breath. Thomas takes us to our own youth in his poem, “Birth of a Poet” speaking of being 5 years old, “My creativity was feral/ the paint was peeling/ and/ the sun beat down upon me.”
    Early in our Seedy Town Blues journey, we are privy to the author’s reflections on “What Might have Been”:
    “looking out
    The window and
    watching the rain fall
    again on the green
    meadows
    Thinking about
    what might
    have
    been”
    He talks of drinking too much and what drove him to it. In one poem he applies guilt to himself as he relays to us about his mother looking for help to find her red sweater and his being too sleepy and hungover to help her look. She borrows his car and that is the last time he sees her---
    He writes:
    There has been an itch
    to punish myself
    I’m not Freud, but maybe
    that’s why I drink so
    much
    Happy Mother’s Day.”

    In another poem he mentions “a somber rain began to fall.” He had just received news of a friend’s suicide. Likening the falling rain to the falling spirit after having heard tragic news is poet parallel. This poet does that quite often in his poetry.
    His poetry is intelligent, raw, and from the gut of life. Not pretty poetry to embrace with smiles. It makes us look inside ourselves and ask, “What Might Have Been” and wonder if there is still time with
    “…icy/ wind in my/ bones” to suggest “spring will come/ eternally to/the core of who/I really am/ and for that / I celebrate.”
    We all ask who we are, and some of us come to terms with that fact through writing poetry, unleashing words to guide us like service dogs into the process of discovery. And many of us will find that we have some Seedy Town Blues within us.
    This book kept me turning pages filled with self-reflection and self-discovery.

    (jacob erin-cilberto, author of Fishing for Intellectual Meteors)
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  • Vanni Nardino
    5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Soul of A Poet
    Reviewed in Italy on June 23, 2024
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    I've been lucky enough to enjoy the words of this tremendous Poet, I've been taken on a journey through each emotion and every image imaginable. The truth is raw and charming, a Poet with enormous courage and a great zest for life, I could describe him as a modern day Bukowski but he is even more than that, he brings me to tears with great bouts of laughter, some of his work can make a lady blush and moreover, simply magnificent appreciation for reflection. A Poet with a lifetime of struggles and triumph. A true pleasure to have this book on my shelf, I would recommend to anyone who is looking to be inspired by life and by words.
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  • Ryan Hayward
    5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Poetry book!!!
    Reviewed in Australia on March 22, 2024
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    This was recommended by a friend and and I have already read 50 pages, its a page-turner you cannot stop reading as Thomas W Case writes the most humorous poems but also some of the emotional and his writing is captivating. You will laugh and shed tears, he captures his life and feelings and other people over the years, so perfectly and is not afraid to be totally brutally honest. The poem of the day his mother left was truly devastating , especially.
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