DISPENSATION

About the Book

The word dispensation has several meanings. I like them all. This collection has a scream of diversity, a quiet of peace. This is an experiment into lines that live alone and dreams that linger after sunrise.

About the Author

William J. Karnowski is a Flint Hills Kansas poet and the author of four books; Pushing the Chain, Painting the Train, Catching the Rain, and Dispensation published by iuniverse, and two chapbooks; The Hills of Laclede, and Hardtails and Highways. He has 90 poems published in the Topeka Capital Journal's Kansas Plus. He is published in the Midwest Quarterly, Kansas Voices, Kansas Authors Club journals, and online websites. William sponsors and judges the Karnowski Youth Poetry Contest for the Kansas Authors Club and is currently that organization's State President. Bill is a lifelong outdoorsman and enjoys traveling with his wife Sue. They have traveled throughout the USA and the Middle East. Bill and Sue enjoy tent camping and exploring the National Parks. They have three grown children; Kathy, Sandi, and Adam, and seven grandchildren; Andrew, William, Emma, Gracie, Ellianna, Darbi, and Kolton. His interests include building and riding motorcycles, building and flying his powered parachute, rifle marksmanship, and building and driving custom sports cars. Bill and Sue live at Laclede, Kansas on a 80 acre hay meadow in the middle of Pottawatomie County, Kansas.