Come Now

In Come Now, Rodger Gerberding Reminds Us Of Just How Necessary The Modernist's Dogged Desire To Employ Everything In The World: Philosophies, Myths, Ideologies, Art, Snippets Of Conversation, Jokes, The Detritus Of Popular Culture, To Lyric Effect Has Been For Denizens Of The So-called Information Age. These Poems Reflect A Probing Intellect And An Emotional Candor That Position Gerberding As A Poet Who Is Utterly Convinced By The Urgent Need For Poetry In Our Contemporary World, And One Who Sets Out To Remind Us Of The Beauty That Is Produced When A Gifted Writer Practices What He Believes.--kwame Dawes