American Squirrel
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An inventive new collection of American poetry from chaplain and poet Sam Lovett.Fifty-one poems from Washington, DC, inspired by the American squirrel. Written in 2016. Published in 2025. American Squirrel features birds, coffee, dinosaurs, Geraldine Ferraro, H Street, Neanderthals, parkour, Puritans, running, sycamore trees, Utica, NY, the Virgin Mary, and recurring character Henrie, “tree specialist on behalf of squirrel-kind serving at the pleasure of all creatures everywhere.”From poems exploring political division—"A wall is growing in the park/asking questions about the nature of things/like are you in/or are you out?”—to reflections on love, art, human flourishing, and public transportation, Lovett’s poems chronicle the arc of American history and help us to