$14.99
“…lifts language and inspires something deeply held in the heart.”
–Mark Burrows, Editor, Spiritus, and author of The Chance of Home
“You make the ordinary shine.”
–Sacha Kawaichi, zen artist, homeless advocate
“Original and impressive…”
–William Dickey, winner of the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award
“In this stunning collection, Jerome Gagnon exalts ‘evidence of the enduring mutable.’ Here you will find beauty in discord and discard, loveliness in the moment and in the minute.”
–Lana Hechtman Ayers, author of The Dead Boy Sings in Heaven
Spell of the Ordinary
by Jerome Gagnon
$14.99, paper
978-1-63534-401-1
2018
Jerome Gagnon has worked as a teacher, tutor, and freelance journalist. His work has appeared in a variety of journals, including Archaeopteryx, Poet Lore, Spiritus, Roaring Muse, Passager, Haiku Presence (U.K), several anthologies, and the text, How Higher Education Feels: Commentaries on Poems that Illuminate Emotions in Learning and Teaching. He lives in Northern California.
Aline Soules –
I just devoured this book and had to go back and force myself to read it slowly to glean the subtleties of the work. There’s absolutely nothing ordinary about these poems. They’re stunning and you won’t look at the “ordinary” the same way ever again.