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Fallen Angels
A collection of poems by Don Gillette with accompanying drawings by Don Gilbert, this is a scaled down volume of the full-size original that introduces some of the Fallen Angels--beings responsible for all facets of human existence.
139 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Published March 15, 2017
About the author
Don Gillette
15 books41 followersDon Gillette is a member of the Academy of American Poets and is an active voting member of the Horror Writers Association. He holds both BS and MA degrees in English.
Born and raised on the Atlantic Coast, he has been writing fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry since he begged for (and got) one of the original "Tom Thumb" typewriters for his 6th birthday.
Don has published three novels (Pandemonium, Rubber Dead Man, Sarcophagus), a collection of his political humor articles from time spent as a newspaper editor (The Meeker Collection), a poetry collection (The Face In The Mirror Is Not Mine), a short fiction collection (Old Leather), and a mixed media fantasy collaboration (Fallen Angels) along with several chapbooks.
His other work has been featured in magazines, anthologies, literary journals, newspapers, and television.
Don is currently working on a new novel, Dark Voices, scheduled for publication in late 2019. He is also spearheading and editing an experimental novel written by 30 different authors, He Has Stayed Too Long. This book will appear in late 2019/early 2020.
He spent 24 years working for the Department of Defense, 26 years in the Army National Guard, served on Active Duty during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield, and retired in 1996 as a Chief Warrant Officer Four.
After leaving government service, he spent twenty years as the Vice President of Military Operations for Reese Group, Inc.
He and his wife, Sim Yoon, live in Nashville, Tennessee.
Born and raised on the Atlantic Coast, he has been writing fiction, non-fiction, plays, and poetry since he begged for (and got) one of the original "Tom Thumb" typewriters for his 6th birthday.
Don has published three novels (Pandemonium, Rubber Dead Man, Sarcophagus), a collection of his political humor articles from time spent as a newspaper editor (The Meeker Collection), a poetry collection (The Face In The Mirror Is Not Mine), a short fiction collection (Old Leather), and a mixed media fantasy collaboration (Fallen Angels) along with several chapbooks.
His other work has been featured in magazines, anthologies, literary journals, newspapers, and television.
Don is currently working on a new novel, Dark Voices, scheduled for publication in late 2019. He is also spearheading and editing an experimental novel written by 30 different authors, He Has Stayed Too Long. This book will appear in late 2019/early 2020.
He spent 24 years working for the Department of Defense, 26 years in the Army National Guard, served on Active Duty during Operations Desert Storm and Desert Shield, and retired in 1996 as a Chief Warrant Officer Four.
After leaving government service, he spent twenty years as the Vice President of Military Operations for Reese Group, Inc.
He and his wife, Sim Yoon, live in Nashville, Tennessee.
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February 7, 2018
Wow.
When I got this in the mail I flipped through it and it got my attention right away so I started on the first page and read the entire thing in one night.
Then I went back and read it again focusing on the drawings & the poems that talked about the drawings.
First of all, the drawings are great, but I went nuts for the poems because they weren't stiff and overboard like most poetry. The images aren't all that obscure crap you see in most books of poetry, they're things you can understand. You sort of get the idea that Don Gillette isn't the kind of guy who thinks he's some kind of genius just because he writes poems--it seems like he just wants to get the concept across in bursts of description that are really cool and "touchable." Most modern poetry that I"ve read looks like is was written JUST for other poets so they can all sit around and talk about how brilliant they are, but that's not the case with Fallen Angels. Poets probably hate it because it makes sense. haha.
When I got this in the mail I flipped through it and it got my attention right away so I started on the first page and read the entire thing in one night.
Then I went back and read it again focusing on the drawings & the poems that talked about the drawings.
First of all, the drawings are great, but I went nuts for the poems because they weren't stiff and overboard like most poetry. The images aren't all that obscure crap you see in most books of poetry, they're things you can understand. You sort of get the idea that Don Gillette isn't the kind of guy who thinks he's some kind of genius just because he writes poems--it seems like he just wants to get the concept across in bursts of description that are really cool and "touchable." Most modern poetry that I"ve read looks like is was written JUST for other poets so they can all sit around and talk about how brilliant they are, but that's not the case with Fallen Angels. Poets probably hate it because it makes sense. haha.
February 7, 2018
Before I start, I don't read much poetry. The only reason I read this is because I read Old Leather which is short stories by Don Gillette and I loved it. This book is really nice, though. Spooky and a little bit out there with the drawings and the poems about the drawings. Or the drawings about the poems. I would like to know what came first, the drawing or the poem because that would be interesting to know.
Some of the poems are really short but hilarious and some of them send a chill down my spine like one about a fallen angel named Uther who lives in mountains and asks "Have you ever heard the wind scream in the dark through icy trees?" Burn one and turn to those pages and tell me your not freaked out 100%.
Everybody should read this.
Some of the poems are really short but hilarious and some of them send a chill down my spine like one about a fallen angel named Uther who lives in mountains and asks "Have you ever heard the wind scream in the dark through icy trees?" Burn one and turn to those pages and tell me your not freaked out 100%.
Everybody should read this.
January 19, 2026
My friend did the illustrations!! So talented!!
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