Bøger af Jerry James Rempp

The cover Photo of his "Hands" the author sculpted in 1974. It is an illustrationof life sinking and rising...hopefully, at last-rising. That is the theme of every poem or novel he's written. "I'm given to believe life is a prayer and Poetry a medium. For me to believe otherwise to forfeit life's sacredness.Poetry affirms life regardless of subject matter." Jerry James Rempp believes himself to be part mystic and part existentialist. His verses range from philosophical to the lyrical reflecting dreams of childhood. He compares himself similar to the universalism of Walt Whitman.

This collection of poetry spanning five decades is a fetching together of pieces from a larger assortment. Poems included range from lyrical and free verse, to lengthy narrative and miscellaneous poems containing dialogue. Such diversity normally suggests structural influences over time; however, the author preferred not to arrange poems chronologically, rather, to observe the sum as a present experience. 'Why would a collection of poems also contain an essay? Because a poem is compact: the meticulous workings of a tiny watch. But an essay: Well, that's like the wind blowin' pages out the back of an old rumble seat. Obviously, there's something I wish to say in my elder years.' Other books by the author include: Hold Fast to Quiet Things; Delphic Particle; Menitheos, the Skeptical Savior and Unstrained Mercy. Poems have appeared in various anthologizes including Lyrical Iowa.