Professor Clown on Parade

Rick Luperts 18th book - a collection of travel poetry written on the go in the wilds of Burlington Vermont Portland Maine and Hartford Connecticut. Force of Nature Rick Lupert and his wise wife Addie have been let loose in the Northeast and the result is poetic mayhem of the highest order. These poems chronicle the couples obsession with food art architecture and each other over an action-packed 12-day roadtrip. Im following the Vermont food trail/and am about to pray to a donut Lupert confesses in At the Cold Hollow Cider Mill. A brilliant beer-fogged take on America by one of the funniest smartest poets around.ps. These poems could also be construed as Luperts 293 page love letter to his wife. -Alexis Rhone Fancher poetry editor Cultural Weekly seven-time Pushcart nomineeEvery year I look forward to Rick and Addies summer vacation. Instead of a slide show or a lousy T-shirt I get another book of poems. What you have in your hands is a travelogue - the newest installment in a series of road books written by Rick Lupert the minimalist Huell Howser of Van Nuys poetry. Lupert is a comedian with impeccable timing and a poet whose work is deceptively simple. Nestled somewhere underneath the jokes about tour guides night pavers Vermont hugs and kisses and Norman Rockwell paintings is an ongoing love story. This is really a book about Rick and Addie. Its a work thats underpinned by a depth and decency you dont see very often in this world let alone in a book that will make you laugh out loud. -Daniel McGinn Author 1000 Black Umbrellas Write Bloody PublishingRick Lupert has been involved with Los Angeles. poetry since 1990. He is the recipient of the 2014 Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center Distinguished Service Award and was a co-director of the Valley Contemporary Poets for 2 years. He created the Poetry Super Highway and hosted the weekly Cobalt Cafe reading for almost 21 years. His first spoken word album Rick Lupert Live and Dead featuring 25 studio and live tracks was released in March 2016. Hes authored 20 collections of poetry including Donut Famine Romancing the Blarney Stone Making Love to the 50 Foot Woman (Rothco Press May 2015) The Gettysburg Undress and Nothing in New England is New (Aint Got No Press) and edited the anthologies Ekphrastia Gone Wild A Poets Haggadah and the noir anthology The Night Goes on All Night. He also writes and draws (with Brendan Constantine) the daily web comic Cat and Banana and writes the Jewish Poetry column From the Lupertverse for The Los Angeles Jewish Journal. He has read his poetry all over the world.