ASCESIS

About the Book

ASCESIS contains the 574+ poems written during the 366 day year of 2012 at the rate of (at least) a poem a day -- at times, more.

About the Author

In 1933, I was born on the kitchen table of a daffodil farm near Marysville, Washington, and began, almost immediately, to dream of living everyplace in the world – to write. After many years in academia: The Art Institute of Chicago, University of Washington, Reed College, Pennsylvania State University, Southwestern University School of Law, etc., I wandered America, Europe, China, India, wrote some plays, novels and, perhaps, 10,000 poems. My most interesting day job was 10 years as Director National Production Programs for the American Film Institute. Before and beyond ASCESIS, portions of my life and work are explored at janhaag.com.