Sentiment and Sediment: 21 Poems

By Brian D'Ambrosio

Compared to all else, poetry is the most legitimate and expressive form of written and spoken communication. It's a window into the mind and nucleus of vision and love. It's a view into reality, hope, frustration, observation, joy, and failure. It means everything and it is a nonentity. Poetry is the world of words pressed from dreams, memory, fantasy, free association, and whatever forbidden emotions might lie buried but eager for release beneath the brittle veneer of ordinary waking life. A poet may never relax his vigilance. She or he must be constantly alert and objectively critical of her or his own work. But our work is unaffected. It's ours. We own it. We divulge it. We preserve it. We share and supply. We love it. It's an honor to share a few words of universal feelings. Poetry is particularly sensitive to the way the elements of language affect both the look of our own individual land and the life living in our own countryside. It is an honor to amass and store and save before relinquishing and releasing.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 154489337X
• ISBN13: 9781544893372
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 106 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"