Declamations of Century: Poetry for the Lovers and the Haters of Poetry

Poetry is and must be the combination; the necessary union of music and prose, born before each, born from each, and the sacred core of each. The higher purpose of poetry is to express the truth artfully; To be the bridge connecting philosophy to art, logic to aesthetics, science to intuition, reason to emotion. And the poet must be, more so than the voice, the expression of the voice.

Declamations of Century is a book of poems concerning ageless matters of existence and consciousness, written with precision of language as a priority—that what is read is exactly what the author intends to express.

The poems in this book, despite the allusions and polysemy intrinsic to poetry, are each composed of language open to be understood and discerned by every kind of reader—Poetry should not be strictly exclusive to poets and poem enthusiasts. Just as truth benefits not only the seekers of truth, poetry should benefit and improve not only the seekers of poetry.

The contents of Declamations of Century are scrupulously arranged, so to have you submerge gradually into contemplation. Even so, to make you buoyant in thought so you rise in contemplation. And in so doing, appreciating the primary purpose of poetry and mind.