A Poet's Reverie

Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves that break upon the idle seashore of themind." ~ Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. From the nominee of Wordsbrew Authors' Award first timeauthor Carl Porten's ‘‘A Poet's Reverie ” is a beautiful journey to bring Carl's inspiring poeticartwork to be unfolded like a reverie to the world as his poems deal with the themes of lovecompassion life grief veganism and nature conservation. Essentially Carl's volume of poemspermeates the spirit itself.That Carl had been a humanitarian and an activist for many decades all through his life and all of hisunheard and untold life experiences help diversify his unique writing style when it comes to his poetryis an undeniable fact. Carl's poetry thus defies any genre and is all encompassing in the literal sense ofthe term as it touches all souls and all lives. This book is the testimony that shows how the universemanifests its power through lives as if these poems are a stream of reverie constituting a biggercosmic tale that's being told.To sum up your experience Maugham’s idea can best describe your journey "A state of reverie doesnot avoid reality it accedes to reality." ~ W. Somerset Maugham. Please enjoy this beautiful poeticwork you're going to cherish for the rest of your lives...in every heartbeat... "To lose one's self inreverie one must be either very happy or very unhappy. Reverie is the child of extremes." ~ AntoineRivarol.