Hard Polish is C.R. Reardon's third self-published book, and is his first book consisting of strictly poems. Although several of the poems in Hard Polish can be found in his memoir Spawning Gray, Hard Polish has 30 new poems that have been recently written or are old poems that have been revised. This selection of poems take the reader on a journey from profound events in the author's early life, through his perspective on current events, and to the formation of his identity as an individual.