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What he has assembled here is a set of poems written in the aftermath of a divorce. I like this book so much that I am almost grateful for the divorce, because without it, I doubt we would have such a window into this gentle soul. Here there is pain, and joy, and something that straddles them, what John at times refers to as "beauty." The poetry is disarmingly mature. He's not trying to impress the grownups because he knows he is one of them, and is in fact contending with being among the elderly-quite a shock to those of us who remember dressing in bandanas, discovering the legends of rock…mehr

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What he has assembled here is a set of poems written in the aftermath of a divorce. I like this book so much that I am almost grateful for the divorce, because without it, I doubt we would have such a window into this gentle soul. Here there is pain, and joy, and something that straddles them, what John at times refers to as "beauty." The poetry is disarmingly mature. He's not trying to impress the grownups because he knows he is one of them, and is in fact contending with being among the elderly-quite a shock to those of us who remember dressing in bandanas, discovering the legends of rock music, and marching against war. We were there celebrating youth, and now we are old. Oh well. But as John points out, sublime moments, the kind we think of as "beautiful" are lost in coarse environments, which is it seems, where John concludes. With several poetic statements about the resurgence of war culture, like our own, John calls us back to our younger halves, the ones that marched oh, say, 50 years ago. Many things of beauty came out of this vortex, in part, perhaps, we were able to be vigilant in opposing it-but not vigilant enough. - Peter Friesen, from the Introduction
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John is the publisher and editor of Poetic Matrix Press and Poetic Matrix Press' online Forever Journal and Poets Comment into the World blogs. As the publisher of Poetic Matrix Press, a literary small press, he has published more than 60 books of poetry and prose from writers across the country and around the world. He has read from his poetry, taught and lectured at the University of California San Diego; California State University San Diego; California State University Fresno; University for Humanistic Studies, Del Mar, CA; The Writing Center in San Diego; Palomar College San Marcos; Merced High School; Yosemite National Park including the Yosemite Centennial Celebration at the Ahwahnee Hotel in 1990; Barnes and Noble in Berkeley; Ina Coolbirth Circle in Orinda; performances include venues in many communities including Managua, Nicaragua. Poetic Matrix Press is celebrating its 20th Anniversary in 2017. Started in 1997 with a newsletter in the high mountain beauty of Yosemite this press a published over 60 book as of 2016. Information on Poetic Matrix Press can be found at www.poeticmatrix.com.