Birth Certificate: Selected Poems

By John Valentine

Birth and being mark the poems in this second collection by philosopher John Valentine, who meditates on the nature of humanity and existence.

Each verse is a metaphysical musing, an inquiry without an "I" and a dialogue in silence.

Contemplating our ever-entwined virtues and vices, Birth Certificate dwells on the divine and tragic, the spirited and frail, to create an image of the ideal -- an ephemeral mandala offering order amid "displacement in the sea of beings" -- only to be swept away with the breath and water of time.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1949512223
• ISBN13: 9781949512229
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Swanhorse Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.1" x 7.8"