Prayers in Hell

King Midas - the legend says - transformed everything he touched into gold. Theodor Damian transforms everything he touches into poetry.Sequences from street life landscapes peoples gestures usually looked upon as banalities disclose under his eye their beauty. Other contemporary authors make poetry out of poetry. Theodor Damian makes poetry out of daily reality.The blase man of the twenty first century has a lot to learn from this book. Reading it one can rediscover the joy of life. It is a resurrection exercise.Alex StefanescuThis is an exceptional book a synthesis of the poets lyric and philosophical vision on how the impossible looses its limits when it is immersed in prayer. In Damians poetry the I of the lyrical and the I of metaphysical reflection complement each other in total harmony and become definitory for the poets work when they meet in the profound dimensions of Christian spirituality.Prayers in Hell represents an editorial event of utmost importance in the landscape so arid and so repetitive of our contemporary poetry.M. N. Rusu