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$25.00


Long-Term Mates Migrate Great Distances


Rosemary Dunn Moeller


Rosemary is an excellent poet and an avid birder. These are poems about life as seen through the metaphor of birds. OK, that doesn't sound quite right. These are poems about life and love. There are also gaggles and murders and flocks of birds.









$20.00


Hello, old age


Linda Hallstrom


A popular and humorous look at aging well. Poetry that suggests life gets better in some ways each day it is lived. Uplifting stuff here.









$20.00


Mango Seed


Brandon McQuade


Crisp, beautiful poems of family, loss, love, mystery, and joy. A search for meaning while remaining rooted in the real world of relationships.









$20.00


Backyard Jubilee


Charles Luden and Steve Boint


Charles Luden and Steve Boint team up to paint a portrate of America's gentler side.









$20.00


A Quilted Landscape


Lin Brummels


This is the America so many of us know, live in, or grew up in. A poetic melody drifting through our ancient rural towns and their contemporary reality.











$20.00


Heart of the Prairie


Bruce Roseland

Heart of the Prairie, winner of the 2022 Will Rogers Medallion!


A celebration in poems of the ranchers' prairie and the people who live there.









$20.00


Anemone Girl


Cliff Lewis


Complex poetry often touching and always thoughtful.









$20.00


Stranded: Wherever I Am


Steve Boint


Poems about and from years spent at motels and on the nations roads.









$15.00


Anne, I Weep for Thee


Daniel G. Snethen


Psychologically deep and challenging poetry, haunting images, and beautiful lines tied together by a gentle and sensitive voice.









$20


Frog Creek Road


Norma Wilson


Poems from a country lifestyle that, at times, touch on political and cultural criticism.











$20


Cowman


Bruce Roseland

Cowman, winner of the 2019 Will Rogers Medallion!


Roseland has won top national recognition for his previous poetry. A rare combination of serious poetry from an active rancher.









$20


Sketchbook 91.1.1


Drawings by James Pollock

Poetry by Steve Boint


Drawings from an award-winning artist are coupled with the poetry of Steve Boint. Thoughtful and intriguing.









$20


Low Comedy in Dark Theaters


Cliff Lewis


Remarkable phrasing and imagery brackets an unusual depth of insight and topics (history, philosophy, jazz, nature, chemistry, cultural criticism, to name only a few). Comes complete with authors original footnotes and chemical diagrams.









$20


Sackcloth and Silk


Susan Spaeth Cherry


An authentic voice of celebration from the midst of life's struggles and pain. These poems will touch your heart with joy and wonder even as they recognize the difficult world we live in









$10


Always Passing Through


Steve Boint


Boint's poetry is paired with images of his block prints. This work was produced for an art show opening at Eastbank Art Gallery in Sioux Falls. It also contains a description of his method of block printing and a very interesting biography.









$20


Drilling the Hooves of Sheep: Searching for the Real South Dakota


Charles Luden


Luden captures the groundedness and strangeness of the wide-open north.









$15


Capable Ways


Craig Challender


Challender's poems capture the experience of life and relationships with an unusual poignancy. This is what it means to grow up in America.









$20


Late Summer Plums


Kevin L. Cole


Poems of the northern plains, an extremely popular collection, especially with birders. Nature and humanity woven together into a beautiful experience.









$10


Holiday Street


Steve Boint


Winter and Christmas poems tightly bound together, almost a single, flowing narrative.









$20


Rivers, Wings & Sky


Poetry by Norma Wilson

Artwork by Nancy Losacker


Eighteen paired works by artist Nancy Losacker and poet Norma Wilson reflect the interconnectedness of the Missouri River ecosystem as together they speak of our deep relationships to the rivers, winged creatures, and sky.









$7.00


Drive-by Cows


Steve Boint


Scurfpea Publishing 10th Anniversary Edition

out of print

perhaps a few copies left if you email editor at scurfpeapublishing.com









$15


Gift of Moments


Poetry by Bruce Roseland

Artwork by Doris Symens Armstrong


Doris Symens Armstrong painted a painting each day for a month, photographed it, and sent the image to Bruce Roseland. He recorded in poetry the feelings, thoughts, visions, and daydreams produced by Doris’ work. The result is enchanting.









$20


Blue Thirsty


Charles Luden


Charles' unique brand of impressionist verse – tied to the understandable, but soaring far, far beyond the mundane. Classic work from an important, but often overlooked, poet.









$10


Threadbare


Sara Amelia Snelling


Life is worth the living! Sara's celebration of life after being diagnosed with epilepsy will leave the reader smiling and energized, ready to face whatever this universe throws their way.









$10


Song for My Mother


Bruce Roseland


Award-winning poet, Bruce Roseland, chronicles his mother's decline. Never maudlin (after all, Bruce is a rancher), often touching, never villainizing, never stereotypical, yet somehow filled with hope and love, this is a must-read for anyone facing end-of-life issues.









$16


Elsewhere


art by Boyd McPeek

poems by Steve Boint


Each page a separate science fiction short story in verse, Steve and Boyd have created something unique, almost a new genre. Theirs is a universe filled with . . . you'll just have to read it and find out.









$15


don't wanna go out


Wes Eisenhauer

Dorianne Munce

Matt Dorweiller

Larry Person

Alex Hagen


5 chapbooks in one volume. Poetry by a rapper, an elder-care specialist, a newspaper stacker, a bus driver, and a lawyer. Amazing stuff. Somehow it really does fit together.









$16


how it goes jumping


Charles Nauman


Renowned filmmaker Charles Nauman enters the poetry arena with a maturity of insight not unexpected if you know his films. Strong, strong stuff. Down to earth and mystical all at once.









$10


Physicist at the Window


Steve Boint


Poems of science and philosophy. Ever read a poem about Spinoza, significant figures, Le Chatellier's Principle? It's all here. Even a poem about nothing.









$14.95


from the lonely cold


Nicole Allen

Suzanne Sunshower

Charles Luden

Jason Freeman

Steve Boint


Poems by a waitress, a guru, a strip club drummer and a heretic.

What could be more interesting?









$16


I'm Raybo


Ray Novak


Ray, the quintessential hippie, passed away in 2014. He will be missed.

His words live on.









$16


World Of If


Poems by Charles Luden

art by Boyd McPeek


The taste of Zen and science fiction. Wow! Scurfpea's bestseller.









$15


frail as paper


Steve Boint


An exploration of faith, frustration, lust, emptiness, and the pull of something just over the horizon. There are answers here. There are more questions.