A Grownup's Garden of Verse

A Grownup's Garden of Verse Review

In this collection of formal verse, you won't see words arranging themselves like players on a stage; rather, they are notes in a musical composition, written with a beat and a careful harmony. At the same time, every effort is made to have the words read as though spoken for their own sake, as prose. In the first portion of this book you will find a free form collection. There are several poems that are acrostic sonnets, but these arrive in an unexpected order. Much like dipping blindly into a box of chocolates, you don't know what you will find on the next page. Separating the first and second sections is a short story, a modest adventure that mingles the mundane and the absurd. Can you imagine what it's like to be James McTavish, professional dockman? The second portion of this book is a sequence of sonnets that is Book One of the legend of the ancient royal knight Ordowahl; it recounts his quest to defeat a dragon and win the girl. A short story that concludes the book introduces Gernelle, a high school junior in the late 1960's American South; a tomboy, she narrates her surprise discovery of boyfriend Matty Buford. A collection of poetry and prose that inspires the mind and lightens the spirit, A Grownup's Garden of Verse sweeps readers up into a lyrical world of sound and sense they won't want to leave. Author Bio: Author Joel H. Hinrichs, Jr. is a married software engineer and father of five, living in Centennial, Colorado. Ordowahl: Book Two is in the works.