An authors view of life, and life's circumstances, through sick eyes.
My Depression
3:17 am
Just took a sleeping pill,
can’t sleep at all.
My depression is over me again.
Emotionally paralyzed.
Mentally crippled.
Tears run down my face,
without movement.
Confined to a horrible disease.
No, getting fresh air doesn’t work,
neither does taking a walk.
Excerpt
"Insanity through sick eyes is a vision of reality"
Professional Reviews
Ron Cervero's Barbaric Yawp
In a long tradition of "outside" poets, from Whitman's "barbaric yawp" through Bukowski, comes Ron Cervero, who has crafted a volume of short rough poems which primarily are written as responses to daily occurrences, or, more often, outrages.
The outrage is keenly felt, and Mr. Cervero's responses are often bitter and sardonic.
Cervero claims not to have read Bukowski before writing this volume and while comparisons, especially eternally being at odds with the Establishment, are evident, these poems are as fragmentary and episodic as, say, videotaping a hanging surreptitiously with a cell phone.
Still, they add to define the personality of the poet, whose tattooed legs and torso are displayed on the cover and whose unique view becomes more clear with each poem.
First Edition Translation of Teselas by Carmen Crespo X111 César Simón Poetry Prixe 2016 Translated from Spanish by Robin Ouzman Hislop and Amparo Arrospíde
This collection of poetry addresses the nature of time, reflections on the natural world, the difficulty of loss,
contemporary social issues and gratitude for life.
