Sonnets of Dusk and Dawn
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ODE TO EDGAR ALLAN POE The tall, ruined tower, by the sea of sable wine, Where silver stars alight, in the moonless night, Is the seat of a raven which rarely takes flight; Its dark eyes look down on the scorpions of the brine. With each chilling breeze that poison billows carry From dusky, northern currents of the half-swallowed pier, Heard in the dreadful hall, where heads and horror marry, Are whispers of the dead beneath a swinging chandelier. A skeletal sister clutches for a face In the blackness of the castle's most deserted place, Wrought by the hand of madness, not ended. In the screaming, wild wind, from splintered coffins wail the damned; The raven wraps his talon around the weird sister's hand. All this is Poe- his hells have all ascended! John Lars Zwerenz
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Sonnets of Dusk and Dawn takes the reader on a mystical journey through both the brightest of days and the darkest of nights. This collection of poetry, written with spiritual language uses both classical rhyme and meter to express what is ineffable in the ethos of the human experience. In this anthology the poet pays homage to many of his grand piers in the form of several odes. This volume is comprised of a preface written by the author and eighty-four new sonnets. The sonnets which are to be found within this book represent the best in contemporary American verse. Publisher: Xlibris Format: Softcover Page Count: 93 Ebook
About the Author
John Lars Zwerenz (1969- ) is an American journalist, poet and musician known for his romantic, impressionistic and mystical works. He owns a Bachelor's Degree in English from Queens College at The City University of New York, but at the age of 24 he left his graduate studies in order to travel and write poetry. His writings are deeply spiritual in subject matter and tone. Much of his verse employs transcendental language and is rich in meaning and musicality. Eternal Verse,(2013) widely lauded as a poetic masterpiece takes the reader on an astounding journey through the beautific realms of paradise. It has just been published by Xlibris of Simon And Schuster fame, and comprises his sixth collection of poetry. His latest volume of verse, A Lady Fair And Other Poems,(2013) published on the heels of Eternal Verse, is a book of rhyming stanzas of varied lengths and themes, all composed with classical meter and with great attention to visionary detail. This seventh volume of rhyme has been described as the poetic diary of a sailor who travels as a troubadour through the gilded gardens of a wondrous world. Zwerenz is a mystical romantic, and his poetry has been recognized by many literary critics as the best and most original verse ever penned since the death of Robert Frost of The United States in 1963. Zwerenz is also the author of Selected Poems,(2011) a poetic memoir on travel and adventure, Mist and Flame,(2011) a book of lyrical, romantic poetry, Visionary Wanderings,(2012) an astonishing volume of mystifying verse compared to the labor and results of Rembrandt, Sonnets of Dusk and Dawn,(2012) a collection of classically styled sonnets, many of which laud the poet's romantic precursors, and An American Romance,(2012) a novella which contains in its appendix Songs of Rapture and Other Poems, an exclusively mystical collection of poetry which explores the realms of existential darkness and salvific light. Zwerenz is 44 years of age, and currently resides in The United States.
~ R. Canter