Description
Nightmareica is a 6×9 inch, 93-page book containing 38 poems and 40 black and white illustrations. 14 of the poems have been previously published in journals and anthologies and have won several prizes.
Here is the book’s first review:
“5 Stars: Michael’s latest book of poetry is a slim volume that covers a wide range of examinations and contemplations about the human condition, our relation to nature, and our drive to destroy all that is good in this world. Michael uses his formidable talents as a poet, a science buff, and a historian to pull back the veil of confusion that hides us from the grim realities of our modern culture. Often witty, sometimes sarcastic, but always insightful, Michael’s poems reveal the worst about us, but also offer the hope that we may yet salvage our future.” Johnny Bowen
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Extraordinary Insights
"Baldwin tells the reader in his Introduction that he is a layman in the matters of science and philosophy, yet when you read his poems, you become instantly aware that they come from a highly knowledgeable, informed mind on most any subject. His poems bring extraordinary transformations and insights to the myriad of concerns of the human experience. Luminously written poems by one of the most interesting and intelligent poets I have read."
-- Dave Parsons, 2011 Texas Poet Laureate; author of Reaching For Longer Water
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Astonishingly Graceful
"Elegant, astonishingly graceful poems about the ineffable inquiries of life -- the unresolved impulses and curiosities assailing us from all directions -- if we think -- if we care. Michael Baldwin has made powerful magic that feels deeply comforting through articulate and companionable consideration of the great mysteries."
-- Naomi Shihab Nye, prolific poet and novelist; recipient of the 1988 Academy of American Poets' Lavan Award
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Cosmic Experience
"Michael Baldwin has tackled the Big Ones: time, love, fate, spirit, universe. He is unafraid to say he doesn't know, and in that courage, much is surely true of 'the journey we so dream-dread.' Let Baldwin's finely wrought poems take you to the edge of the galaxies and back home through time-space, to thoughtful wisdom and the humility of being human."
-- Jan Seale, 2012 Texas Poet Laureate, author of The Wonder Is
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