Hello! And happy holidays to you all! We're heading to Montana to spend the Christmas and New Year's holidays with my brother and his family and my mom, who moved out there this summer (from Wisconsin). There'll be much fun to be had: Tree decorating, Santa Claus visit, Owling (a special request from Dante because of a book "Owl Moon" by Jane Yolen, which we read recently), sledding, quaffing and gorging and much faullenzing (lazy making). I'm looking forward to it.
I have a new blog post (after a brief hiatus due to illness - bad head cold and couldn't record anything!) up tomorrow on my new day in the schedule. You can read my posts every other Wednesday from now on (unless, of course, I get sick or am traveling/performing too much, etc.).
This time I had the great pleasure of reviewing Irish poet, John W. Sexton's most recent collection
Offspring of the Moon for Amazing Stories Mag. Here's a snippit:
I’ve read Irish poet John Sexton’s work often online and in Star*Line,
so when I read that he had published a (new) collection I asked if I
could het one for review purposes. His Publisher very graciously sent me
a copy from Ireland (remember that I’m in France, so it’s not such a
stretch). I’m so glad I got to read this collection in the dead-tree
edition. It’s a beautiful little volume of 57 mostly short length poems. The cover art by Ludmila Korol,
called “Moon Wind” is stunningly perfect and beautiful on the paperback
cover. The original is oil on canvas and is certainly even more vibrant
in that medium. The volume is a perfect bound paperback printed on
smooth cream-colored paper which is very easy on the eyes and a pleasure
to hold in your hand. However, if you are in a part of the world that
make procuring a hard copy of this collection difficult it is available
on Amazon.
Sexton has published widely online and in print and I’ve always enjoyed
his work. He has written many Haiku sequences and hybrid forms, which
are wonderfully evocative. Offspring of the Moon contains many poems which were originally published in print journals and anthologies and they defy categorization.
To read the rest, and listen to my readings of 6 of the poems found within, please
go here.
If you have missed any of my previous posts at Amazing Stories you can find a list of them on my
author page.
Enjoy!
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