<p>Wayne Luthi's <em>Water for the Rose</em> is for those who <span style=color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>want a moment aside from the everyday demands for their attention and survival. Luthi's poems are simply structured yet informed by complex pieces of his life: everything from his experiences in the Vietnam War to his teaching of men in prison to his love for his city of San Francisco. Through a collage of images and their juxtapositions readers are invited into an inner world of the intimate.</span></p>