Reasons for Buying a House

About the Book

Reasons for Buying a House contains a selection written over four decades.  The poems come from experiences with his family: two children, adult now, and one beautiful granddaughter.  On a broader scale, he lives in a lively extended family relationship, eight brothers and sisters, countless nephews, nieces, cousins, mother and mother-in-law, both in their 90’s. These interactions provide endless opportunity for reflection, enjoyment, struggle, and love—all material for gratitude as well as for poems.  In addition, events at school, on the bus, in the newspaper, and especially in nature inspire poems regularly, some of which appear in this book. 

About the Author

Albert Salsich taught in various elementary, high school, and university settings in St. Louis, Missouri, and at the University of Thessaloniki in Greece with the Fulbright program.  Some of his poems have appeared in magazines such as North American Review, New York Quarterly, Descant, Kansas City Quarterly, Southern Poetry Review, and Christian Science Monitor.  He shares poems at friendly gatherings and includes them in birthday cards, letters, and occasional rants about politics or social conditions.