First Breath: 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems [Paperback]

Zachary M. Oliver (Author), Helen Doan (Author), Erin L. George (Author), Jack Howard (Author), Daniel S. Janik (Author), Scott Mastro (Author), Francis H. Powell (Author), Gabjirel Ra (Author), V. Bright Saigal (Author), Orest Stocco (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 28, 2010

Twenty-nine poems by ten outstanding poets and writers selected for their outstanding merit

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About the Author

Zachary Oliver (editor) continually searches for his ideal: balance. Originally from Vienna, Austria, a center for old European culture, he has chosen Honolulu, Hawaii, arguably the most geographically remote place on Earth to live and write. He has recently found his calling as an individual comfortable balancing the identity of a scholar-practitioner and as a leader of organizations that work to develop interested learners into successful professionals.

Product Details

• Paperback: 72 pages
• Publisher: Savant Books & Publications LLC (June 28, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0984555226
• ISBN-13: 978-0984555222
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,033,638 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Light spreads hope," says Francis Powell in First Breath..., July 6, 2010

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Orest Stocco (31 Stocco Circle, Bluewater, Georgian Bay, Ontario) - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Breath: 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (Paperback)

"Light spreads hope," says Francis Powell in First Breath...

I was sitting on my front deck yesterday afternoon reading Jung's Modern Man in Search of a Soul when our package of thirty copies of First Breath: 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems arrived; but to receive the package I had to pay $50.03 customs tax!

Still smarting from the unexpected expense, I eagerly opened the package and held a copy of First Breath in my hand; and, of course, I put Jung aside and immediately read First Breath from cover to cover - twice!

As I pondered my first impressions of First Breath, I smiled in agreement with myself that I was perfectly correct in saying that Savant speaks the voice of today's troubling times; but there is hope, despite Scott Mastro's cheeky little poem "Trapped in Crap." It does feel like we are "trapped in crap" today, and it can get pretty frightening and make us angry at the world; but as Zachary Oliver tells us in his poem "On Fear" - "Let it go. Anger is nothing but an aggressive expression of fear."

"Light spreads hope," says Francis Powell in his poem "Light," which we see reflected in my poem "A Bouquet of Wild Flowers," inspired by a simple gesture of love, the brightest light of all the lights that Francis Powell delineates in his poem, the same light of love that V Bright Saigal reflects in his poem "Ripples of Love," and Helen Doan in her perfect little poem "A Rose."

"A rose remains a rose, /By any other shade," says Helen Doan. There are many shades of love in First Breath, and I would like to commend our poet/publisher Daniel S. Janik for giving us the opportunity to speak for our times through Savant. As Shelly wrote in his timeless essay "On Defence of Poetry" -- "Poets are the hierophants (interpreters of sacred mysteries) of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirror of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present; the words which express what they understand not." As poets, we may not always understand what our Muse inspires us to write, but we have to write to give expression to the voice within that cannot be kept quiet.

Thank you fellow poets, for having your say....


Orest Stocco, author of MY UNBORN CHILD, by Savant Books and Publications.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awe-Inspiring Anthology of Poems, July 24, 2010

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Gholam Khaleghi - See all my reviews

This review is from: First Breath: 2010 Savant Anthology of Poems (Paperback)

This is an excellent collection of poems edited by Zachary M. Oliver. These poems directly talk to one's heart. They are composed by great poets. While I was reading the poems, I felt lost in a forest of rhyme. I felt that these lines were nourishing my heart and imagination. They gave me such an awakening and inspiring feeling toward life and our universe. I think this is a must-have collection of poems and also an excellent gift for all reasons and seasons.