Pining from the Heat
(and other poems of relationship and intimacy)
by
Book Details
About the Book
In
Pining from the Heat, Szwed has selected poems that
he wrote about love, relationship, and intimacy. Biographical in many respects, this
collection of poems wends its way through the years of his life, from the time
the author left the U.S. Army after serving and being wounded in
These
poems demonstrate that we can not always say nice things in comfortably metered
terms, nor need we always say hard things awkwardly or harshly. We find the
author exploring lust, puppy love, delicacy, intimacy, disappointment, fantacy, victory, longing of the body, pleading of the
spirit, and the overcoming nature of a love that is thankful and knows how to
give.
The
author refuses to be locked into a single style
or form of poetic expression. Paraphrasing
Joseph Grucci, the author's former poetry workshop instructor at
The
author's book "Three Crows Hunting" is being concurrently published
by 1stBooks Library.
About the Author
Craig M. Szwed has written poetry since the mid 1960's. He retained his poetry until satisfied that
his poems are what he wants to say, in the manner he wants things said. His poems have been read and edited by
friends and family, near and far, some of whom are teachers and writers who
encouraged him to continue writing and to publish. Craig's poetry has been published in Once
Upon a World (2001) and in Meridian Anthology of Contemporary Poetry (2003). In 2001, Craig self-published the compact disk "american
haiku." To him, writing is the love
of expression, the hope of being heard and understood; of sharing common human
things that may often feel too elusive to say in conversation.