When, by the Titanic (Portlandia Group, 2006)
By John Pursley III
“When, by the Titanic is exciting for several reasons: the poet's command of language and sense of the ear's pleasures; the deft technical skills that allow the poet to move from one poetic form to another with equal craft and ease; the utter originality and nimbleness of mind at work in each and every poem.”
- Helen Marie Casey, Portlandia judge, author of Fragrance Upon His Lips and Inconsiderate Madness
“How rare among us is a way of seeing this mindful and playful; a music this consistently elegant, inventive, and acute; a wisdom this startled by the things of the world that ‘seem to carry/ a certain sense of rebuttal I cannot burn away.' These are subtle, fearless poems of great artistry.”
- Robin Behn, author of Horizon Note, The Red Hour, and Paper Bird
Available from The Portlandia Group, $8.00
ISBN 0-9672881-6-9