Bøker av Rod Drought

Across seven self- contained but interlinked themes of poetry Drought confronts the stark reality of life and loss - youth, regret, sadness, recuperation, hope, redemption of a kind, and peace, where landscape reflects an initial spiritual desert and mirage but fulfilment. While traversing the contemporary American and universal western experience from childhood, eras of change, and the industrial state, the reconciliation in love brims throughout. The poet's dialectic emerges from an observed world where a last sigh can be 'relief' or where 'things that outlived their use' can be 'resurrected in another form' and 'everyone has a shelf life' yet co-existence occurs as the 'Present and future' (are) 'Under one, sturdy roof'. The self and the general are underwritten in a handshake of recognition, where no matter the obstacle, the 'art of mending' prevails over all, in an ultimate invitation to love, what, where, and how we can. - James Walton's fifth book of poetry, Snail Mail Cursive was published by Ginninderra Press in 2023. He has been nominated and shortlisted in many prestigious organizations and been published worldwide. James resides in Wonthaggi, Australia.

Love and Chaos is a collection full of bittersweet reflections that grapple with the intricacies and metaphysics of existence. Rod Drought's perspective is at times nostalgic, other times heartbreaking and continually laced with a humor that understands the delicate balance between melancholy and regret. These works speak of the paradox of being, even as they sing celebration. From the elemental complications of childhood to the crushing confusion of love, with wisps of the mystical and intimations of existence in the majestic desert, here is an artist who understands the painfulness of living and the sanctity of being alive. Jack Evans, author of Rain is the Hourglass of Memory