SARAH'S BLOG OF FUN: STARING INTO THE SUN by JOSHUA FIELDS REVIEW

Sunday, June 27, 2010

STARING INTO THE SUN by JOSHUA FIELDS REVIEW



I love to read, and poetry is one of my favorite things. When I was given the chance to read this book, I was excited.

Poetry takes many forms, but Joshua's is hilarious!!!

He writes his poems like a conversation.

My favorite poem of his is titled

Anniversary-

"You know what today is?
No
What?
Just kidding........Happy Anniversary
Where does the time go?
Out the window
Well?
Well what?
Did you get me anything?
Um
Nothing?
How about two kids, a house and a dog?
True
You make me so happy
How?
Make me better
And before?
Drifting
I want to go out tonight
Anything"

I can see my Husband and I having that exact conversation. My Husband pulls the two kids, house and dog line on me all the time!!

Give this book a read. It's well worth it for the laughs!!


"Joshua Fields' new collection of poetry is dedicated "To women, and those who adore
them" and his concise, epigrammatic poems portray in clever dialogue form all the facets
of women and of men's relationships with them.


San Francisco, CA - June 4, 2010 - Poet Joshua Fields today announced the release of
his first collection of poetry, Staring into the Sun. His clever poems take the form of
dialogues that express in concise, epigrammatic form the nicely observed conversational
give-and-take that often defines the essence of a relationship.

Fields has managed to capture in his poems those precise little conversational moments
that will ring true to all readers as the defining repartee between a man and a woman.
Whether wittily exploring the most mundane moments in "Shopping," "The Commute"
and "The Ride" or the more serious aspects of love as in "Children," "Growing Old" and
"The Simple Things," Fields has an ear for the exact, concisely rendered phrase that says
far more about a relationship than a thousand pictures can.

The poet's wit is well honed in these poems because he conveys so much - both humor
and emotion -- in so few words. In "The Soldier," for instance, in which love is being
lightly compared to war, comes this clever sequence of four lines: What's your next
move? / Can't move, paralyzed from the waist down / A shame / There's always rehab.

Although humor is the keystone of most of Fields poetry -- such as the calm reassurance
of one parent to another that although their newborn daughter's head is now as large as a
bowling ball, she'll grow into it -- there are also those tender moments of human frailty
that all readers have experienced while in the throes of a new love. To wit, these lines
from "In the Beginning": Is she sweet? / Very / Is she soft? / Very / A lot to lose.

Fields notes that his poetry is a compilation of his life's experiences and insights. His
readers will hope he continues with a long life so he can share more of these keenly
observed experiences with them in future collections of his poetry.


About the book:
Staring Into the Sun by Joshua Fields
ISBN: 978-1-4327-5953-7 Publisher: Outskirts Press
Date of publish: May 29, 2010
Pages: 47
S.R.P.: $11.95

About the author:
Joshua Fields is originally from Chicago, but now resides in California"



You can get your own copy at Amazon.com for $11.95

1 comment:

Anything Fits A Naked Man said...

Oh, that was fun! What a great poem! I think I definitely need to check this book out! Thanks!

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