A Matter of Timing (Winner of the 2021 Poetry Society of Texas, Catherine Case Lubbe Prize)
Independently published
$20.00
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Reviewed by Emiliano Martín
This is a collection of original poems truly deserving the recognition of its author. It is not just a set of well-written poems, it is a wide-open window to satisfy the curiosity of the reader, Besides being down to Earth poetry, it displays a view of a broad landscape of poetic observations, and heartfelt feelings from a poet exhibiting a language easily understood. A Matter of Timing is an honest revelation of a world in front of the author’s eyes. Just like the poet says in one of his poems:
Perhaps it is just rain
blurring the numbers,
worn smooth and illegible
by wind and time.
The poems contained in the book go beyond personal or experimental poetry, This book is a winner, it clearly remains its well-deserved first prize poetry award and Michael Minassian is to be proud of his accomplishment. The book will not disappoint anyone and it is available on Amazon. For more information, visit: http://michaelminassian.com.
Emiliano Martín, Spanish-born and longtime resident of Bucks County, PA., is the founder and former director of Philadelphia Poetry Forum and past president of the Latin American Guild for the Arts. Currently and since 2018, he is president of Pennsylvania Poetry Society. He has authored over a dozen titles of poetry (and prose), besides having been published in Mad Poets Review, Philadelphia Poets, The Lite Fuuse, S.V. Journal, US 1, The Swarthmorean, and other Spanish language publications in Spain, such as Mizares and Marejadas. He is the author of Footprints of Spain in Philadelphia (2020), and his latest book of poems is Caught Between Layers.