Author Description

This collection contains over a hundred poems written 2008 and published in a wide variety of small, independent literary magazines such as the New York Quarterly, Cafe Solo, Iconoclast, Nerve Cowboy, Pearl, Slipstream and Tears In The fence. The poems in common that they are 'about' the nature of Art itself. Locklin has a unique ability to address profound subjects in a subtle and colloquial style that is deceptive simple yet ironically precise. It's all unified by the strong persona of the poet's autobiographical commentary. He is master of everyday speech employed for insight. Ironic humour is used effectively in these poems. Locklin has successfully obscured the difference between light verse and serious poetry, a poetic act that has made him one of the most prolific American poets.