Dervish
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.52 (907 Votes) |
Asin | : | 1928589111 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 60 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2017-06-11 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An impressive and memorable compendium Midwest Book Review Dervish is an impressive and memorable compendium showcasing the poetry of Gerard Wozek. A master wordsmith, Wozek's poetry is eloquent, moving, and leaves behind an intellectual and emotional impact that hallmarks him as a truly gifted poet. A calendar from Krakow/with unpronounceable days./Printed with glos-sy photos/of floodlit church steeples/and crenellate. "Remembering the past" according to Happy Buyer. I never forget a snitch, and 22 years later I came to the realization that you were the mole. The last time I saw you was in a café.. Incantory Poet A Customer Bravo! Gerard Wozek joins hands with mystic poets Rumi, Whitman, and Rimbaud in his celebration of the body electric. Despite his earthy references (sometimes more confessional than confidential) to carnality, there is a desire in Wozek's poems to move towards beauty and transcendence. Featured at the Lambda Literary Festival 2001, this slim volume presents lyr
Wozek teaches English composition and humanities at Robert Morris College in Chicago. Gerard Wozek lives in his hometown of Chicago. . His poetry and fiction have appeared in "Rebel Yell 2", "Erotic Travel Tales", "The Road Within", and "1998 Best Gay Erotica." Wozek is also an internationally known videographer and his poem "Elemental Reels" was featured on the website Planet Out
This collection blends the erotic with the spiritual world.. Finalist for the 2002 Violet Crown Book Award Literary Prose & Poetry & 2000 Winner of the Gival Press Poetry Award--"Dervish" has received praise from a variety authors for its eloquence and moving tales of adventure. Wozek takes the reader along his many journeys from America to Europe to Morocco
"In these pages, find potent spells, incantations, recitations, and prayersBy Jove, these poems shimmer." -- Gerry Gomez Pearlberg