Dark Bird
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"Dark Bird grows quietly 'toward something true', the struggle with our demons, especially, the demon of our silence. Its vulnerability roots deeply through an impersonal spiritual journey. These poems slowly expand and blossom leaving you with 'something stronger than hope'."
-Edgar Gabriel Silex, author of Acts of Love
"I'm walking toward something true/something green I can taste," writes Sam Schmidt in Dark Bird, a meditation on urgent subjects such as climate and government, as well as a record of one man's grappling with paternal legacy. Throughout this unusual book, Schmidt's skill steadies the reader while poetic shapeshifting makes turning the pages a complete pleasure."
-Natasha Saje, author of
The Future Will Call You Something Else
Sam Schmidt
Sam Schmidt was a driver in the Indy Racing League before suffering an injury in practice in January 2000 in which he sustained a C-3/4/5 spinal cord injury that left him a quadriplegic. He created the Sam Schmidt Paralysis Foundation (SSPF) that year to raise funds for medical research, innovative equipment used for rehabilitation, and quality-of-life issues. In 2014, the foundation was rebranded as Conquer Paralysis Now with a mission to cure paralysis while assisting those who are already disabled.
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