With Van Gogh's Other Ear Agabus navigates a labyrinth of characters and personalities that include the whimsical the clueless the forlorn the spiritual the angry the pitiful and the most prevalent of all.the sublime. . While obviously influenced by the poetic musings of Blake Eliot Ginsberg and Bukowski Agabus achieves undeniable success in developing and presenting a distinct unique poetic voice that is his and his alone. And frankly that's probably for the best since Agabus at times goes places that most of us spend a lifetime trying to avoid.