Luminous Order

About the Book

Steve De France writes about modern life in America. His poems capture the mystery of ordinary occurrences. It has been noted many times that he finds a way of framing the human condition in all of his poetry. His work has its own voice & unique temper. He is a true original in a poetry world of carbon

copies. The Sunday Monterey Herald has said,  “Steve  De France has a voice all his own.” Each finely wrought poem is a minimalist drama with a punch to it that you remember like a lived experience.

This is poetry for people who want to experience a fresh use of language and a perspective on reality that is at once unique and sometimes extraordinary. Randolph Healy writing for New Hope International in the United Kingdom states that “Steve writes poems that start from detailed actuality and move toward a more abstract epiphany, which is very impressive. The language, at times,  tends to the conversational…which works extremely well as a counter to the often highly charged descriptive metaphorical burden. The modesty of the diction becoming more and more moving as one reads.” Editors like Melody Sherosky of Blindman’s Rainbow are more succinct: “Your poems really do kick serious Ass.” The poems in this book are meant to be experienced & enjoyed & understood. They are modern poems in temper. These are finely wrought narrative pieces & character pieces; moreover, the reader will discover a multitude of beautiful lines and images that capture and charge the imagination. Editor Nate Graziano observes, “ His narrative poems take the reader through a world that’s funny, witty and familiar to most of us. A poet of the street, suburbs, classroom, cheap motels, dirty kitchens…Steve De France has done it all and writes with keen attention to detail. He writes like an angel slumming in the mean streets of Los Angeles, but what I appreciate most is De France’s quick wit and humor.”

About the Author

Steve’s work has appeared in literary publications in America, England, Canada, France, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, India Australia, and New Zealand. He has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize in Poetry in 2002, 2003 & 2006. Recently, his work has appeared in The Wallace Stevens Journal, The Mid-American Poetry Review, The Evergreen Review Ambit, Atlantic, Orbis, Poetry Bay, The Yellow Medicine Review & The Sun. In England he won a Reader’s Award in Orbis Magazine for his poem “Hawks.” In the United States he won the Josh Samuels’ Annual Poetry Competition (2003) for his poem: “The Man Who Loved Mermaids.” His play THE KILLER had its world premiere at the GARAGE THEATER in Long Beach, California (Sept-October 2006). He received the Distinguished Alumnus Award from Chapman University for his writing. Most recently his poem “Gregor’s Wings” was nominated for The Best of The Net by Poetic Diversity.