The poems in PAPER BIRDS invite us as our experiences do into themselves in overwhelming, disappointing and transforming ways. Each poem is entirely new and unexpected, as well as unlike and distinct from any object of the desire of their initial reception. And finally, though still simultaneously, each is the unity of these and all distinctions of them and us, subject and object, time and timelessness.
The poems in PAPER BIRDS invite us as our experiences do into themselves in overwhelming, disappointing and transforming ways. Each poem is entirely new and unexpected, as well as unlike and distinct from any object of the desire of their initial reception. And finally, though still simultaneously, each is the unity of these and all distinctions of them and us, subject and object, time and timelessness.
Don Brandis is a retired healthcare worker who lives quietly with his wife in a small town near Seattle, writing poems and sending some out to poetry journals and publishers. He has a degree in philosophy and a long-time fascination with Zen.
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 978-1-950730-76-6
Publication Date: April 6, 2021
