Loose Magic

<p>How to chronicle a lifetime? If it can be done at all it must be in poems like this written straight from the heart and spanning a decade plainspoken and lyrical with authentic and earned emotion. Here the author's life is written in life-affirming odes like Dancing with the Stars and in aching elegies like Cue the Bagpipes often with a rapier wit (Bifocals). Powerful feelings and memories from a long life richly lived.</p><p><strong>-Rebecca Foust</strong> 2017-19 Marin County Poet Laureate</p><p><br></p><p>Les Bernstein's poetry is poignant sacred stinging in its truthfulness while somehow still comforting. She touches deep roots of feeling.</p><p><strong>-Lilly Tartikoff Karatz</strong> Philanthropist and Co-founder of Revlon UCLA Women's </p><p>Cancer Research Program</p><p><br></p><p>When I immersed myself in <em>Loose Magic</em> assimilating these poems one after anotheran inner alchemy began. Soon seemingly unbidden a deep voice arose from within and said.Oh... this is about Me. Sit down <em>Loose Magic</em> is precious food for the soul.</p><p><strong>-Raz Ingrasci</strong> Chairman Hoffman Institue International</p><p><br></p><p>In <em>Loose Magic</em> Les Bernstein has masterfully woven a moving tapestry of sublime language and visual imagery rooted in the ordinary everyday experiences that make our hearts both soar and break-all at the same time.</p><p><strong>-Karen Tiber Leland</strong> best selling author <em>The Brand Mapping Strategy: Design Build </em></p><p><em>and Accelerate Your Brand</em></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>