Muse

About the Book

These poems, some interlacing in spirit and theme, others more solitary, surge from the heart and breast, stopping by the head now and again for some reflection -- they are somewhat abstract and ask many questions, most of which I could not answer -- Maybe that's why I write them -- to give me something to think about when I encounter them again -- Some may run on too long or suffer from being too short, it's difficult to tell -- I very much love the sounds of language and the waves it can produce -- as to meaning I have my ideas which include yearning, survival, our interaction with Nature, but nothing too specific -- If anything underlies all these poems it is a search, for a friend, a lover, a god, a self -- I believe there are spirits out there and that all things are sacred and waiting in some sense to be born -- I write from an urge to sculpt twisting figures in the sand, castles, magic, caves and crowds, hope and renewal --

About the Author

Julian Ball, forty, a graduate of New York University by way of Oberlin College, has enjoyed writing, art, and music since childhood -- He has also enjoyed playing guitar and a little piano here and there -- He first started writing poetry along the lines of Ogden Nash and Shel Silverstein, moving on in High School to Dylan Thomas and Wilfred Owen, and then, at Oberlin College, to W.B. Yeats, Williams, Pound, and Dickinson, among others -- After trransferring to New York University Julian began the study of Spanish which would carry him for his senior year to NYU in Madrid -- It was here he came to study Lorca, Cernuda, Calderon, and Becquer, among others --

           Julian's current work, which appears in "Muse," is the culmination of work done primarily in 2006 - 2007 -- beginning with the long poem "Blood Acrobat" and incorporating free verse lyrics and some sonnets.

           It is hoped that these poems will be fulfilling to read --

                                   many blessings