Music for Ghosts

<p>Christopher Locke's new collection of poetry <em>Music for Ghosts</em> is a visceral testament to youth and hubris erasure and forgiveness. The heart of these poems straddle the space between the personal and the universally lived where the past can shatter our best intentions at love while the future holds us wanting at the precipice of joy.  From his Pentecostal childhood to the blazing religion of punk rock Locke caromed  straight into the void of addiction even as marriage and fatherhood hinted at something better. But in spite of loss or maybe because of it Locke remains steadfast in his quest to seek fearlessly and intentionally reclaiming every light offered in hope's name. </p>