Dave Rainey, poet, dreamer,
Blues guitarist, High School teacher






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Son of a Bosun's Mate (paperback, $18.40)
Perhaps you've had
the good fortune to have grown up with a great dad. I had one.
This is the story of one man and his son, who grew up in the shadow of one of the
"Greatest Generation." His shadow still looms large in everything I am and do.

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Rooms without Walls (paperback, $12.46)
Poetry and musings
on life, love, relationships and navigating the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
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Happiness Unappreciated (paperback, $12.22)
In his second book
of poetry, Dave Rainey delves deep into his personal journals
with screeds on life, love, relationships,
pizza, beer, and living in the 79s, 80s, and 90s.
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Confessions Revisited (paperback, 11.74)

In this third book of poetry, Dave Rainey plumbs the depth of his tortured psyche
for a trove of confessional poetry. Like. postcards from a condemned prisoner,
Rainey's poetry invites us into a chaotic world of loneliness, longing, and loss.
Praying the blues never felt so good. s
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Afternoons and Coffeespoons (paperback, full color, $20.30)
Transparency and Memory: poetry and prose that reaches out to touch our lives
and then reaches back to touch our own inner wounds. They are the salve for
a modern society that posts its funerals on Facebook. Photography by Robert Rainey.
d book of poetry, Dave Rainey plumbs the depth of his tortured psyche for a trove of confessional poetry.
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