Under Such Brilliance - Softcover

Sullivan, Kevin Patrick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0985026022 ISBN 13: 9780985026028

Publisher: Word Temple Press, 2012

There is an almost indescribable music in these poems by Kevin Patrick Sullivan; a joyful thrumming suffusing a natural world the poet has unabashedly embraced, and with the music of his words makes visible to the reader. -- Jackson Wheeler When it is so apparent that the boys with the poetry prize parts in their hair have co-opted the collective creative imagination with their intellectual snobbery, what a pleasure it to discover these new Sullivan poems. He views America with a direct and clear-eyed vision. Within his defamation of Viet Nam and in his paean tribute to the 1968 Detroit Tigers, he's reflecting upon a nation in both its metaphoric disgrace and its glory. We have only to read Kevin Patrick Sullivan's Plein Air Poetry With Molly Lipsher to further eavesdrop on his celebration of life. And, too, just one more reason for us to be celebrating the joyous occasion of this publication. -- Michael C Ford "Following the wrong God home I stumble into bliss." It is remarkable that these ecstatic poems also carry a sharp political impact: baseball thoughts in burning Detroit, the BP oil spill considered in Italy and the sad return of Jungle Bob from Viet Nam. The grace and delight in these poems also make us surprised "when night turns into day." If following the wrong God home leads to such bliss, I will follow you anytime, Kevin. -- Glenna Luschei

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About the Author:

Kevin Patrick Sullivan is the author of several artist books created with his wife (the artist Patti Sullivan), chapbooks, and two full length collections of poetry -- First Sight, from Mille Grazie Press and The Space Between Things, DeerTree Press (made possible by an Art Inspires Individual Artist Grant from Arts Obispo). He has also been published in magazines and journals, in print and on line. He is a past Poet Laureate for the City of San Luis Obispo and the Artistic Director for the Annual San Luis Obispo Poetry Festival & Corners of the Mouth, a monthly reading series held at Linnaea’s Cafe since 1984. He also hosts Poetry at the Bean in San Luis Obispo.

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