Almost Happy (2009) by Greg Keeler
Letterpress printed in a limited edition of 350 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper and sewn by hand between Rising Stonehenge wrappers, featuring a cover painting by the author.
Letterpress printed in a limited edition of 350 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper and sewn by hand between Rising Stonehenge wrappers, featuring a cover painting by the author.
Letterpress printed in a limited edition of 350 copies on Mohawk Superfine paper and sewn by hand between Rising Stonehenge wrappers, featuring a cover painting by the author.
"Greg Keeler is a sensible and serious poet who also happens to be laugh-out-loud funny." — Tim Cahill
"Greg Keeler has written lunatic masterpieces. He sings pretty good for such a big guy. He’s my absolute favorite practitioner of whatever the hell it is he practices in all of America." — David Quammen
A collection of 29 perfectly crafted sonnets exploring everything from hilarious convenience store encounters, a Wordsworth parody, and thoughts on teaching, to sober reflections on the thin grasp we have on sanity and life itself: “Great blue herons sometimes make me cry / For all the grace lost through mere possession.”
Greg Keeler is a Montana songwriter, poet, writer, artist, humorist, and professor emeritus at Montana State University, where he taught creative writing and contemporary literature. He plays guitar, harmonica, and kazoo. Born in the flatlands of Oklahoma, he is the author of several other collections of poems, including American Falls (Confluence Press, 1987), and Epiphany at Goofy’s Gas (Clark City 1991), and two memoirs, Waltzing with the Captain: Remembering Richard Brautigan (Limberlost Press, 2004) and Trash Fish: A Life (Counterpoint, 2008). Keeler has written Montana "operas," and other musicals, and recorded a number of CDs, including Live from Nowhere (Trout Ball Productions). He’s winner of awards for teaching and writing, including the Governor’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Humanities from the Montana Committee for the Humanities in 2001.
