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Eloquent wisdom, January 18, 2006
Victor di Suvero's SPRING AGAIN brings together the clear, eloquent voices of the man, the poet, and the advocate. Life's pathways are explored on a rich journey that brings not to endings, but to celebration and renewal.
Victor di Suvero's integrated sensitivities as poet/guide hold significant power and meaning, for his experiences are in-depth and diverse. This exceptional spirit has been a political refugee, finding homes and kindred spirits in Italy, China, and the United States; the practical man is an internationally successful businessman; the personal man is the loving weaver of a caring tapestry of family and friends; and the poet is an activist from his days as youthful editor of University of California at Berkeley's literary magazine, to the published achievement of more than a half dozen books, and through to his multiple years as Director of the National Poetry Association and the establishment of powerful legacies as one of the founders of PEN New Mexico and the New Mexico Book Association.
Always, Victor di Suvero is a creator and a leader. This poetry advocate established Pennywhistle Press that specializes in poetry publications and published the first bilingual collection of New Mexico's poetry. Always extraordinary, most recently, Victor di Suvero is instrumental in work toward the establishment of an International Trust for Poetry and an International Poetry Museum.
As described in its Introduction, SPRING AGAIN is a quest book, reflective of witness, descent and return, hero and treasure. Just as Victor di Suvero has made meaning in life, he creates and offers archetypal fullness in this unique journey of poems. It is an offering both personal and universal, for as di Suvero declares, "I will not stop but will continue to acknowledge/All those others" (The In Betweens). With wisdom's transcendent essence, the collected poems of SPRING AGAIN "sing the moment between the sound of the temple bell/in the garden outside of Kyoto and its clear echo" (Riff #148). In the gentle flow of acceptance of shadow and light, di Suvero insightfully guides, "Ask no return/Of child, of lover/Or even of the busy world./It comes/When it's not asked, as wind comes,/Or rain, unexpectedly,/And then/Comes back again,/Again" (For Love That's Given).
In the most powerful and meaningful traditions of poetry, the works in SPRING AGAIN delve, integrate, and act; they serve words' "immemorial functions of renewal not only in the landscape/But . . . in the hearts of those who still have the will to hope" (War Once More).
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Spring alive!, June 6, 2006
These peoms drifted me into a state of blissful spring. So articulate and intellegent. Such beautiful images! This is what I want poetry to sound like, and how I want it to make me feel.
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Wonderful Book!, January 5, 2006
The poetry in this book is sensitive, thoughtful and heartwarming .... a good read!!
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