conversations

Newly updated. This chapbook of minimalist poetry shines a spotlight on the reality of modern interpersonal communication. A delicacy and subtlety unknown to Richard Brautigan permeates this work; a clean starkness visited only by Mishima; a clarity possessed only by the great haiku poets ~ this is conversations.The first review: In his latest literary effort conversations Roy Anthony Shabla becomes the proverbial fly on the wall. From this vantage point he observes and light-heartedly describes the awkward social interactions inherent in the potential and ongoing relationships of others as well as his own. His inimitable poetic banter is both entertaining and biting and can even be at times poignant. A highly readable chapbook conversations is a welcome addition to Shabla's growing ouvre.