title: A Word Like Fire: Selected Poems
author: Dick Barnes
description: Any anthology of twentieth century American poetry that neglects Dick Barnes will seem ridiculous. -- <i>Peter Campion, <i>Poetry Magazine</i></i><br /><br />Dick Barnes was one of the best poets we've had in America. -- <i>David Ferry</i><br /><br />Distinctive and distinguished.The work of a masterful poet, restrained and bold in the right places and the right ways. -- <i>Robert Pinsky, <i>Washington Post</i></i><br /><br />There are no unnecessary words in these poems, and no unnecessary poems in this book. -- <i><i>The New Yorker</i></i><br /><br />[Barnes] is a poet's poet. The mark of his poetry is perfect pitch. A model poetinimitable. -- <i>Tom D'Evelyn, <i>Providence Journal</i></i>
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  BEAR THE BURN
  FIREBEAR BRIDES
  BOOK 1
  BY
  ANYA NOWLAN
   
  
  A LITTLE TASTE…
   
   
  It was torment, imagining those plump lips of hers curling around the head of his cock, sucking him
  off like she’d never had real dick before. He grunted as his jerks sped up slowly, in rhythm with the
  way Tiana was bobbing up and down on him in his heated daydream. The bumpy veins on his shaft
  seemed to stick out more and his balls filled and throbbed for release, his hand moving faster and
  faster.
  He was so lost in his thoughts that he didn’t even hear how the bathroom door opened, or the soft
  little gasp that Tiana made when she saw him through the perfectly see-through bathroom curtain.
  The mewl of a moan played into his mental images perfectly and a second later he blew his load,
  thick and hot and sticky, against the orange tiles of the shower corner. He opened his eyes, grinning
  with satisfaction, only to see Tiana stare back at him with a mix of horror, excitement, and lust. His
  deep, resounding c