The Reservoir

About the Book

A fusion of images; a sequence of concepts built one upon the other; a use of the ordinary, physical landscape to escape the boundaries of ordinary descriptions or interpretations. A theme of change: mutability—even death. A paradigm of paradoxes that explode in transparent colors of a desert mountain, a gushing stream, a surface nihilism that curls back on itself, becoming an infinite resource for ideas, images. A poetry that honors traditional forms yet creates its own design for experiential language.

About the Author

Patrick Lysons holds a Master of Arts in English from Northern Arizona University. In this newly revised edition of The Reservoir -- the second book of his poetic trilogy -- an ancient concept springs to life in a grounded poetic lyricism– the metaphysics of inspiring landscapes pitted against time’s restless relentlessness.