‘Great beauty from great despair unbends the mind. Achieved or not, that is every poet’s goal.’
From the publisher’s publicist: The author has called his sonnets “wounds that have scabbed over.” They are his rare worldly goods, bringing personal ghosts to life on the page. The poetry critic of the London-based MÜ Magazine, David Erdos, has hailed them as “tears for the tongue,” “dark diamonds,” “sonnets of experience that Blake himself would favour.” They sometimes tease with humor and hold attention with the promise of a destination, a doubtful adventure, or an obscene history lesson. And of course, mortality raises its knowing head more than once: ”Shall we now weep / to leave the sun / behind / lightly pencilled in?”
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Extraordinary insight! Very timely also.
comment much appreciated.