Dane Cervine
Adrienne Rich chose Cervine's poem The Jeweled Net of Indra as
the winner of the 2005 National Writers Union contest, as well as his poem Holography
for Honorable Mention. She comments that "each has a fine sense both of
language and the interconnectedness of human lives that for me is at the heart
of poetry."
In the great fields of his country--not just the U.S. but the country of the
heart, the country of poetry--Dane Cervine sits with and questions what is
unfathomable but must be lived anyway. I admire his faith in poetry. I admire
his demand that it serve us. His lyrical and image-rich poems help light the
way. They shorten the distance between us.
Patrice Vecchione, author of Writing and the Spiritual Life:Finding
Your Voice by Looking Within
The Jeweled Net of Indra is itself a jewel, an antidote to the
illusion that any of us 'stands alone.' A testimony as to how we are all of us
consciousness and inextricably linked. A change in 'one gem' is reflected in
all the others. I go for truth, I go for beauty. . . Dane Cervine's Jeweled
Net of Indra has them both.
Robert Sward, author of Collected Poems 1957-2004
Poetry should matter, Dane Cervine writes in The Jeweled Net of Indra,
a volume which tackles some of the most difficult and urgent subjects of our
day: war, poverty, greed, alienation, the threats to our environment. These are
poems rooted in commitment, caring, and a vision that comprehends our deep
interconnectedness--poems that matter.
Ellen Bass, author of Mules of Love
ISBN: 978-1-891386-76-3. $14.95
This product was added to our catalog on Sunday 11 March, 2007.
