The Uncertain Lover - Softcover

Willitts, Martin, Jr.

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ISBN 10: 1939929970 ISBN 13: 9781939929976

Publisher: DOS Madres Pr, 2018

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Poetry. "In THE UNCERTAIN LOVER, Martin Willitts, Jr. presents love in all of its richness and flavor from the wistful yet resolute title poem to his remarkable poems that inhabit the art, mind, and soul of the passionate painter Frida Kahlo where she 'hold[s] [her husband and fellow artist Diego Rivera] in [her] forehead like a third eye, / like a gypsy's curse.' Willitts's depiction of love goes beyond romantic and sexual love to familial love and love for humanity and nature, especially in 'The Ancestry of Maize' and 'Speaking the Language of Deer.' This symphony of loves builds to the crescendo of 'A Love Supreme,' the poet's tribute to jazz giant John Coltrane, a poem that blends incantation and insight to transport the reader beyond music and biography to the meaning of Coltrane's phrase."--Marianne Szlyk

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About the Author

Martin Willitts Jr. is currently a Senior Librarian in upstate New York. He has been nominated for five Pushcart awards and two Best Of The Net awards. His print chapbooks include Falling in and out of Love (Pudding House Publications, 2005), Lowering Nets of Light (Pudding House Publications, 2007), The Garden of French Horns (Pudding House Publications, 2008), Baskets of Tomorrow (Flutter Press, 2009), The Girl Who Sang Forth Horses (Pudding House Publications, 2010), Van Gogh's Sunflowers for Cezanne (Finishing Line Press, 2010), and SECRETS NO ONE MUST TALK ABOUT (Dos Madres Press, 2011). He has the online chapbooks Farewell--the journey now begins, News from the Front, and Words&Paper. His full-length books are The Secret Language of the Universe (March Street Press, 2006) and The Hummingbird (March Street Press, 2009), and THE UNCERTAIN LOVER (Dos Madres Press, 2018).