Rumors of Wisdom (Louis Award)

Rumors of Wisdom impressed me throughout with poems about very specific things or memories or details; specifics that often metaphorically stand for bigger things. The details are interesting and fresh as in Barometer. The poet uses a good deal of artistic language and viewpoint as if seeing the world through a painters eyes. From time to time the odd technical term may pose a challenge but it also serves as an opportunity for readers to broaden their vocabulary. This collection stands out for its breadth of scope.--Timons Esaias Louis Award Judge author of Why Elephants No Longer Communicate in GreekOne finds in this collection poems of the rare sort that come quietly like a cat prowling about in the midnight hour looking hard into the darkness for what stirs. Luminous lyric sparkling with wit and the kind of subtle wisdom that comes from a long slow generous looking at life... these poems are simply irresistible in their appeal.--Mark S. Burrows Ph.D. Poetry Editor of Spiritus author of Meister Eckharts Book of the Heart: Meditations for the Restless Soul with Jon M. Sweeney Remorse and redemption permeate these poems the way a mist touches everything. Spaces are spare remote yet welcome with a wink of paradise. What surrounds us is not separable from our being with each of us taking on something of the other.--Lana Hechtman Ayers Managing Editor of Concrete Wolf Press author of Red Riding Hoods Real Life