Perturbance

by Bill Bowling

A collection of poems culled from the writer's journal in the form of Sevenlings covering a range of subject matter from environmentalism to the importance of a sense of place. The poems employ what the writer calls psycho-impression, which strives to anchor the fleeting thought to the phenomenological swirl out there. The work includes a bonus essay to expand and round out the reading experience.

114 pages, Paperback

First published October 28, 2013

About the author

The first hurdle this writer had to clear was embracing the notion: "I am a writer; a writer is what I want to be, and what I was meant to be." That one was fairly easy, and has been cleared, sometimes self-esteem falters. Second was following through, and doing it--just doing it, that's all there is to it; we want it to be more than that, unfortunately. He's still working on that one. There's starting to be a trickle of water out of the dam. Third, he had to face the terrifying process of actually putting something out there. He started shipping 'stuff' with Perturbance, and there's definitely more to follow. Fourthly, he's continually mystified and confounded by the process of selling the 'stuff'. All he's really looking for is some brave soul to step out from the pack and be the first to check out something new. Who will be that first. Point of ponderance: J. K. Rowling was once an unknown. Just saying. Fifthly,(is that a word?), or finally this writer is a generalist, and that means he writes about what is interesting, educational, and enlightening. Where he got his start was with poetry, so there'll be a lot of that, plus nonfiction, fiction. You never know, stick around, check it out. He's looking for readers, and friends and literate conversation. He does not mean that to sound like a personal ad. Namaste.