LINES ON FLESH

About the Book

The following collection of poems is my best attempt to make sense of all I know. In an attempt, not only to save something but also to create something, I with the wicked eye shall write. In doing so, I hope to account for and explain that the shadow and light does not define, it depicts. Choose your own definition. Be your own person. The flock will change and fade. All that matters is how you perceive what is at hand in your world and how you use it. The natural world that grows and breathes is beautiful. Its counterpart that stands and stares is not. These are lines on flesh, just as the ones that bring me happiness, may the words that follow do the same for you.

About the Author

Cody McCandless grew up in Alabama as the first wave of Generation Y, an age of interruption filled with “real-life fictional” characters who cry to be written about. At age sixteen, an English teacher sparked a love of literature in him. His main interest became poetry with influences such as Edgar Alan Poe, Robert Frost, Emily Dickinson, and William Wordsworth. Cody has an inimitable view on life’s little nuances. He sees the irony and humor in all situations. Everyday characters amuse and inspire him to put pen to paper. Objects whisper their stories and nature reveals its secrets to him. Preserving his unique views on paper helps him make sense of this debacle we call life. Cody lives in Alabaster, Alabama with his dog Lucian. Over the years, a jaded, melancholy view found its way to his pages only to transform into something brighter by chance.