Why Poetry?
Why Poetry?
$14.00
ISBN: 978-1-7329363-2-4
50 pages. Reissue. Release date: February 2020.
Author: Joe O’Connor
Eulalia Books is proud to reissue the inaugural publication of the Joe O’Connor Poetry Series, Why Poetry? This book is not merely a collection of poems, it is a shimmering reminder of poetry as a way of living one’s life.
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Praise for Why Poetry?
“‘You can always/be accompanied by a poem,’ O’Connor writes. And why poetry? Because within poetry we find complexity in the simple, and simplicity in the complex. Why poetry? Because it is, as a rule, the brightening of dim places. Why poetry? Because it is an avenue for understanding, for change, for growth. Why poetry? Find in these pages an answer to this question. Find here a humble wisdom; a lovingly-crafted recipe for peace.”
“In Why Poetry, Joe O’Connor has compiled a rich and palatable series of poems. Absorbing O’Connor’s words will touch your heart, open your eyes, and allow your breathing to slow. As he writes in the opening pages, reading this book is an invitation to discover the thrill of being. I look forward to more from this talented American poet.”
About the Author
Joe O’Connor was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1941. Growing up his mother said, “his shoes were full of sand and his head full of cement – he couldn’t sit still and nothing could get in.” A lifetime has emptied the sand and cracked the cement. With retirement, Joe has taken up, with youthful enthusiasm, his lifelong project of letting as much light as possible get into and out of the crack in the cement.