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Truths, Taps, and Time
"What poets have
With simple, unflinching honesty, Pete weaves history into poetry. He relives the horror of Vietnam, the wonder of the moonshot, and so many memories of his beloved Los Angeles growing and changing. He longs for all we have lost, yet somehow he finds hope in this puzzling world.-Franki Drayus
Pete is one of the most powerful poets I have ever heard. His work spans a myriad of subjects and is presented in many different and engaging styles. His imagery and content will provide amazement and inspiration to readers of all ages.-Jack Shafer
Whether recounting the fate of his friend, ""The Magic Rat"", in Vietnam, or expressing his bewilderment or gratitude at the turns his life has taken, Pete's voice is an honest one, aimed from his heart to ours through a jungle of nightmares, "" paying interest on a debt that still accrues.""-Donn Deedon
Pete’s lyrics of remembrance evoke the nostalgia which lingers in all of us . But more, his verses not only recall the past, they examine how its events, both public and private, have created the world we now live in, and therefore reverberate so strongly in the present.
—G. Murray Thomas"
With simple, unflinching honesty, Pete weaves history into poetry. He relives the horror of Vietnam, the wonder of the moonshot, and so many memories of his beloved Los Angeles growing and changing. He longs for all we have lost, yet somehow he finds hope in this puzzling world.-Franki Drayus
Pete is one of the most powerful poets I have ever heard. His work spans a myriad of subjects and is presented in many different and engaging styles. His imagery and content will provide amazement and inspiration to readers of all ages.-Jack Shafer
Whether recounting the fate of his friend, ""The Magic Rat"", in Vietnam, or expressing his bewilderment or gratitude at the turns his life has taken, Pete's voice is an honest one, aimed from his heart to ours through a jungle of nightmares, "" paying interest on a debt that still accrues.""-Donn Deedon
Pete’s lyrics of remembrance evoke the nostalgia which lingers in all of us . But more, his verses not only recall the past, they examine how its events, both public and private, have created the world we now live in, and therefore reverberate so strongly in the present.
—G. Murray Thomas"
432 pages, Kindle Edition
First published February 1, 2002
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July 1, 2013
Surprising, because the language is so simple, conversational and at first glance these are not poems at all, but then the images pile up and the central theme clearly becomes a metaphore that wraps around and around the core of a pretty damn sophisticated poetic expression. I've heard Justus read twice. He's very tight, ill at ease with stage fright or reluctance to open himself in public. He seems to stubborn through. I feel very privileged to have read some of his work and to have listened to his unique cadences.
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