The Lecture on Dust: Poems

Through the opening poems of loss and anguish, to the final more objective pieces

where the moon [still] gladdens. . .in a sin-sick world, Brooke Horvath leads us by

his frayed yet resilient hope. Separation, lost love, a difficult fatherhood, death behind

him and ahead, here's a man standing in his suburban garden who plants only what

does its growing underground because he needs to know possibility does exist, if

only beneath me / fretfully, unseen. The collection is deeply felt. The Shoshaku

Jushaku series is simply wonderful!--Alice Friman, author of Inverted Fire





The Lecture on Dust is in good part an exploration of the triumph of love and companionship, but it s much more than All you need is..... What the hell s the deal with serenity anyway? the poet exclaims in his extended work, Shoshaku Jushaku. Indeed, what s the deal? The deal is that poetry is the ultimate exploration.

--Ed Sanders, author of The Family and Tales of Beatnik Glory