As a 'Gangster' Poet I don't write about love.
I don't know what love is.
Luke Austin Daugherty does.
'Love as to war against
Your own frailty
Love as to seek revenge
Upon former occasions
When your love was not love
But a whim
And your passion
An impotent gesture'
This is an accomplished piece of work from a man who isn't scared to use the word and to show us what it means. Like a heart, I broke the book in two parts. The first part is a love letter to his wife and he is unashamedly verbose in this respect. 'No water in Venice' and 'In the Shadow of Vesuvius' are my personal favorite poems. It makes me think that there is hot Latin blood flowing through his veins. I cannot tell you more, you must find out for yourself. You must become explorers of Master Luke's Poetry.
The second part blew me away because for him to be able to empathize and walk in Simon's shoes and with Simon's gait led me to believe that the love that he had discovered in Part 1 had not come so easy. It was hard won and hard fought for and all the stronger for that. The Poet like all men had experienced rejection but you MUST read the 'Chronicles of Simon the Lover' to discover whether he experiences redemption. Here was a Parable Poem and one that you are compelled to finish. An Iliad, an Odyssey, the Lovers' Journey. Carefully crafted and planned, this book of poetry is life and love affirming and has made me feel at my advanced gangster age, that if I could write Love Poetry like this, then Love too could be mine.
For you to unlock the Treasure Chest of Love Poetry you must buy this edition.
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