09/30/2025
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The poems in A Toad in a Glass Jar illustrate the intersection between the wonder of nature and the horrors of war. Stan Lake writes about the dissonance of being torn between two worlds. In another era, he’d have been an explorer hacking his way through terra incognita. This collection of poetry is an attempt to make a trail through a perilous world and find meaning off the beaten path. With the eye of a scientist and heart of an artist, he guides the reader on a journey through chaos to some form of resolution. These poems lay bare the human experience like a raw nerve, challenging the reader not to look away.
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STAN LAKE is a writer, photographer, and filmmaker currently living in Bethania, North Carolina with his wife Jess and their house full of animals. He split his time growing up between chasing wildlife and screaming on stages in hardcore bands you’ve never heard of. His work has been published in , , Understory, , .minds.journal , , , and others. He has written three children’s books and one Christian devotional book. He filmed and directed a documentary called Hammer Down about his 2005 deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom with Alpha Battery 5-113th of the NC Army National Guard. He spends most of his free time wrangling toads. You can see his collected works and social media accounts and www.stanlakecreates.com
