More about
Heaven Was the Moon,
poetry by
Kory Wells

"In this beautiful clutch of poems,
Kory Wells skillfully examines the space
between restriction and liberty,
the palpable way people and place
pull at our lives like gravitational forces.

- Darnell Arnoult

 

Each [poem] is like a little story...

- The Murfreesboro Pulse
 

More Praise for
Heaven Was the Moon

All is motion and change in this perceptive coming-of-age collection. Uprooted young to suburbia, a “new frontier” of signage and commerce, Wells deftly straddles the “elusive country…mythic in its calm,” and the mind-cluttering here and now. Ride along with this seeker who leaps with humor and unblinking revelation.

- Linda Parsons Marion


Kory & Kelsey Wells

Their words and music
go together
like peaches and cream.
Like meat and potatoes.
Like pintos and cornbread.

After their well-received 2009 debut
 at the Southern Festival of Books,
 they're working on a CD
of original poetry and music
and performing at various
events. Visit their fan page
to see their schedule and learn more!

  Kory & Kelsey Wells

 

Preview a few of the poems featured in Heaven Was the Moon that have been published in various online journals:

 

"In a materialistic world, Wells seeks “flash of doe tail and dogwood,” revelations that “outlast wind, weather and memory.” Her crafted words honor Faulkner’s old verities of the heart: love, compassion and sacrifice. Informed with the lives of real people, these poems charm with satire, tenderness and deep spiritual urgings."

- Bill Brown
 

Buy Online Now!

Signed copies are available directly from Kory for $9 plus $2 shipping and handling. Place a secure order using the PayPal button below. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay - any credit card will do!

Heaven Was the Moon is a perfect-bound chapbook of 28 poems; 44 pages.
ISBN 1-59661-120-0. Your order will be confirmed by email; please allow up to one week for delivery.

Heaven Was the Moon and many other poetry titles - including  Kory's favorites, Tatters by Bill Brown and Recollecting the Snow by Jane Sasser -  are also available online from March Street Press.

Buy in Stores

Murfreesboro, TN

JoZoara's Coffee Shop

536 N. Thompson Lane

(The Oaks Shopping Center, at opposite end from Carraba's)

Bell Buckle, TN

Designz by You/Coffeez by Us

2 Railroad Square

(the very rightmost building as you face the charming storefronts of Bell Buckle)

 
Franklin, TN
 

Landmark Booksellers

114 East Main Street
(between 1st and 2nd Steets, just off the square in historic Franklin)

 


Heaven Was the Moon should also be available in several other middle Tennessee bookstores soon.

 

In the News

 

'Poet Writes of Life in Murfreesboro in Verse' in The Murfreesboro Pulse

 

'Local author to speak at book fest' in the Murfreesboro Daily News Journal