son: poetry

by Jon Koker

Poetry immersing the reader into the human condition of hope and anxiety, elation and depression, and joy and grief, revealing the heights and depths of the poet’s own struggles.

118 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2019

Reviews

[M. Dianne Berry · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book of poetry just had to be written. You don’t know anything was missing from the heart until you open it. I happened to unexpectantly read it cover to cover and there was not a pretentious note in this poignant message. Perhaps when the body and mind are wounded, something very genuine takes place. In one of Carly Simon’s song lyric, Coming Around Again, a definite change is mentioned that only the author could convey. “ There’s more room in a broken heart.” How true can you get?

With the disorder of chemical imbalance as a muse, it takes on life as a separate entity that defiantly tries to exist without recognition. It’s as if there is another being at play, isolating the kind of health that needs to be explained. Jon writes in the action while bringing the reader to the table and you are there with him. Selections, like, temple, will express allegory in cutting detail while hush and mommy will spear the heart.

As if it’s not enough, the poetry style is his own with well blending inner rhyme and smooth in-lays that show clean discipline without the starch!

BLURB:
You’ll be drenched in the mastery of Jon’s expressions with soothing reflections while he asks so little of the readers. “Son” Stupendous poetry that illustrates that experience is really a spiritual journal as he embraces the love of what has been dealt

[Tammy · Rating 5 out of 5]

A harrowing descent into a lost soul, yet with the promise of being found - this book of poetry touches the dark places inside of all of us and helps us explore the dark and the light beyond.

[Tim Heerdink · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Koker spills his words like an array of emotions in an open letter to God. Concrete poetry with stark visuals of mental illness and the coping of grief that can only be lessened by a higher power. Each day is a challenge with a blessing. Like the children we are, we must remember that none of us are alone in this journey through darkness and light. Son is an essential read to give hope to the lost and a reminder for those who forget that they have been found.”

- Tim Heerdink, author of The Human Remains and Red Flag and Other Poems

[LeAnn L Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

The author bravely puts into poetry his heartfelt emotions of sadness, grief, and joy. A deep faith in God has been his anchor with the many seasons of storms in his life.