The Trouble with a Short Horse in Montana
AUTHOR
Roy Bentley
White Pine Press Poetry Prize Winner
Reviews
“Roy Bentley’s exceptional collection of poetry peels back the soul of Middle America to reveal its idiosyncrasies and enigmas. No tricks, no formulas; just plenty of surprises—poignant, human, picaresque—told in the direct language of an accomplished storyteller.”
—John Brandi
Roy Bentley is the author of Walking with Eve in the Loved City, chosen by Billy Collins as a finalist for the Miller Williams prize; Starlight Taxi, winner of the Blue Lynx Poetry Prize; The Trouble with a Short Horse in Montana, chosen by John Gallaher as winner of the White Pine Poetry Prize; as well as My Mother’s Red Ford: New & Selected Poems 1986 – 2020 published by Lost Horse Press. Poems have appeared in Shenandoah, The Southern Review, Rattle, Blackbird, New Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, and december among others. His latest is Beautiful Plenty (Main Street Rag Books, 2021).