Epiphany

by David Wesley Anderson

Take this journey with me into the sudden awakening and vitality of an epiphany. Each of these 285 poems will speak to you, as they have me. This is an intimate collection, for your hands and eyes. Casually I will draw you in, stroke your embers, and leave a lasting impression. Follow me into the hues of a new poetic experience.

297 pages, Paperback

Published December 10, 2017

About the author

To avoid redundancy, David often finds himself outdoors or visiting anywhere where he can easily open his mind to creating poetry. “I think your desk is more a state of mind than a physical place.” Whether it’s people-watching at a park, or reflecting over poems at a coffee shop, he’s a versatile writer. He finds romantic inspiration in a sunset as much as a coffee stain. “Writing is about perspective,” asserts Anderson, giving a nod to his upbringing overseas and learning about love through the various people he’s met in his life. Whether it’s his childhood in Brussels, Casablanca, and Nassau, or his travels to Bangkok, Manila, Seoul, and Hong Kong, David lets life influence his writing in a natural way. These days that life finds him enjoying the bustling streets of New York City, surrounded by a lively blend of people, cultures, and artists to keep his poems fresh.

Reviews

[JAnn Bowers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another great read by David Wesley! I truly enjoyed his word play and the images he depicts about love and life is so raw and real that I felt like I was right there as he wrote each poem. Epiphany is the “new poetic experience” the one that will leave your body shaken to its core especially with words like this: I lay in my own ashes looking up at the stars, join me?

[chris · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are 285 poems, if i counted correctly. I liked the dedication, and before I stopped reading the book, I enjoyed 11 poems. Some poems just got to me. Most did not though. But that's more of my personal tastes. There were quite a few things I didn't like. For one, there's no index of the poems nor are the poems numbered. The problem with that is there's no way to reference which ones you enjoyed and compare notes with someone else. I read the Kindle version which did have page numbers. I don't know if the printed version has page numbers in it. Page numbers can be used as a reference but it's not as easy as an index.
I'm not a fan of one poem per page. For me it's wasted paper/space.
There were also quite a few poems that I wondered if they had missing words and the punctuation was off, or in error. So editing issues, lack of, or a poor editor.