In his first book of poetry John A. Mangini Jr. has captured the soul of the X generation. John's extensive travel, questions of faith, unique relationships, and childhood all ring loud and clear in this direct, punchy, humorous, at times, erotic first collection of poetry.
Excerpt
I Slept with Anger --
I remember the/ night we met/
at my house/ with cigarettes/
and liquor/
the candles/ burned quickly/
under the fan/
your eyes/
inviting/
as a whore on/ Liberty Ave./
Your anger/ slept with me/ that night/
fists upon my/ back/
bruised the skin/ that
treated you like a real lady,/
recognizing the/ difference/
rage subsided/ to my/
grasp/
just holding you/
not wanting to/ let go/
as I noticed the Celtic tattoo/
wrapped around/ your upper arm.
If you tend to believe romantic, passionate, masculine poetry is a thing of past eras, read "She Intrigues Me," and be swept away in the beautiful craft of a contemporary poet of love.
Selected poems from previous & forthcoming collections together with Q&R apps on each page to enable audio rendition simultaneously with the written text
