Product Description
by Jacob Erin-Cilberto (Author)
For those who enjoy experimental poetry that is energetic in tone with a political comment, then "An Abstract Waltz" by jacob erin-cilberto is the book for you. "An Abstract Waltz" travels with the reader through a versatile selection of poetry from "The Monarch Turns Blue" where erin-cilberto nostalgically reflects on his youth, "if only we could go back, /but the 60s have been crushed/like caterpillars crossing the road in an autumn morn." In "A Challenged Artist" the reader sees a political slant, fall - oh yes, a middle class leaf tumbling to the ground/to be burned in the pile and forgotten." Erin-cilberto is a poet who is not shy about taking a chance in the variety of his writings which makes "An Abstract Waltz" authentic. As a lover of poetry, notably a versatile selection of poems, this a volume of work to keep on the bookshelf. An Abstract Waltz" is a 120 page paperback book containing 85 poems previously published in small magazines and journals. It is a "best of" containing poems of various topics and styles. The book also contains the Pushcart Nominated poems "Bucket Seats and the Road Behind Us" and "Exploiting the Children" nominated in 2007 and 2008 packaged inside laminated color covers
Author Biography
jacob erin-cilberto, originally from Bronx, NY, now resides in Carbondale, Illinois. erin-cilberto has been writing and publishing poetry since 1970. He currently teaches at John A. Logan and Shawnee Community colleges in Southern Illinois. His work has appeared in numerous small magazines and journals including: Café Review, Skyline Magazine, Hudson View, Wind Journal, Pegasus, Parnassus and others. erin-cilberto also writes reviews of poetry books for Chiron Review, Skyline Review, Birchbrook Press and others. He has reviewed books by B.Z Niditch, Michael Miller, Barry Wallenstein, Marcus Rome, musician Tom Maclear and others. Rewrites and Second Chances, his 15th book of poetry, is available through Water Forest Press, Stormville, NY. His previous four books an Abstract Waltz and Used Lanterns, Intersection Blues and Demolitions and Reconstructions are also available through Water Forest Press. His books are also available on Barnes and Noble.com and Amazon.com as well as Goodreads. erin-cilberto has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry in 2006-2007-2008 and again in 2010. He teaches poetry workshops for Heartland Writers Guild, Southern Illinois Writers Guild and Union County Writers Guild.
