Gentleman Practice

Gentleman Practice by Wakefield, Buddy. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781935904106.

Buddy Wakefields third book, Gentleman Practice, documents the figurative contents of a mans body attempting to stand firm in the presence of all that is. Its a poetry book, from the perspective of a journal entry in the National Archives. The National Archives live in a building in Seattle behind barbed wire, directly next door to the Center for Spiritual Living. This is no accident. Gentleman Practice is a disarming de-haunting of accidents. There are no stunt doubles performing the honesty in this book. Head raised and victorious, he has crafted a translation of the human spirit on a small, practical patch, with a very fine tooth indeed. And, while many poetry books read like a thick epic series of sections, Gentleman Practice will no doubt rest in your hands like a well-oiled novel.