Hibernation and Other Poems by Bear Bards is an anthology edited by Ron J. Suresha and published by Bear Bones Books in 2014. Jack Fritscher contributes ten poems, listed below, including “Tales of Bear Lake,” “Zen of the Growler Daddy,” “Lazy Bear Gym Exercise,” and “Rodeo Bear.” Bear Bones Books announced that the collection won a Rainbow Book Award. Other poets in the collection include Felice Picano, Jeff Mann, Gregg Shapiro, and Jim Stewart.

Jack Fritscher, PhD, is an author and poet whose books include the novel Some Dance to Remember and the memoir Mapplethorpe: Assault with a Deadly Camera. More of his bear-themed poems appear in Oh Yeah: A Bear Poetry Anthology.

and Other Poems
by Bear Bards
Edited by Ron J. Suresha
Bear Bones Books – 2014

Ten Poems by Jack Fritscher

“Tales of Bear Lake”
“Olafur: The Company I Keep”
“Zen of the Growler Daddy”
“DesiderBEARata”
“Bear-baiting Straight Lads”
“The Jock from Otterbein U”
“Lazy Bear Gym Exercise”
“My Mother Bear’s Arms”
“Rough Trade”
“Rodeo Bear“

Hibernation and Other Poems by Bear Bards
Edited by Ron J. Suresha
Bear Bones Books 2014

Poets Included in this Collection:

• Ron J. Suresha
• David Bergman
• Albert Skip Brushaber
• Alfred C. Corn
• Michael G. Cornelius
• Wayne Courtois-Seligman
• Bob “Brutus” Cunningham
• James Currier
• Lewis DeSimone
• Gavin Geoffrey Dillard
• Charles Flowers
• Jack Fritscher
• John Genest
• Scott Hightower
• Charlie Hopwood
• Daniel M. Jaffe
• David Juhren
• Owen Keehnen
• Daniel Lewiston
• Raymond Luczak
• Ed Madden
• Jeff Mann
• Stephen Mead
• Ron Mohring
• Miguel M. Morales
• Jay Neal
• Felice Picano
• C. D. Reade
• Dennis Rhodes
• Rocco Russo
• Gregg Shapiro
• Jordan M. Shu
• Jay Starre
• Jim Stewart
• Dan Stone
• Shawn Syms
• Chris Vaccaro
• Jeff Walt
• Scott Wiggerman
• Randy Wyatt
• Emanuel Xavier