Four Bits - by John L Stanizzi (Paperback)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

Four Bits is a clever collection of short pieces by a masterful poet and story-teller. In each of these fifty 50-word prose poems, John Stanizzi dazzles with his perception, humor, and story-telling. "Four Bits," a colloquial term meaning fifty cents, is worth much more than spare change. Humor, pathos, and insight into the human condition radiate from the poems in this collection.

Review Quotes

John Stanizzi creates art with the brush of brevity. Each poem is a flash of memory--at times painting a humorous image, at other times reminding us of how our relatives and friends from the past have a way of quickly visiting us.

--Jose B. Gonzalez, author of Toys Made of Rocks

Four Bits is a clever, creative, and unique collection filled with mesmerizing surprises. An impressive poetic memoir in hybrid form!

--Sean Frederick Forbes, author of Providencia, a book of poems

To find such intensity and insight within a 2 or 3-line poem is a like discovering a lost treasure you were sure you'd never find again.

--Elizabeth Thomas, author of From the Front of the Classroom