Life Through My Glasses : Collected Poems, 1950-2011

Life through My Glasses, a new collection of poems by Herbert Siegel, combines two additional art forms for added dimension and meaning, resulting in a unique approach, more functional than poetic icons of earlier eras.Original paintings and illustrations allow book lovers to visualize the subject of a poem, and selectively inserted "call-outs"-used ubiquitously by journalists-engage the reader in the poet's choice of a formal structure or free verse.This, his fourth collection, presents a contemporaneously written continuum of life ensconced in many forms of poetry, including universal observations of nature, ancient storytellers, gastronomy, and biographies-usually ending with a touch of sardonic humor."Life through My Glasses is beautiful ... an intriguing form combining poems in an unusual shape, comparing life and nature ... nature and resurrection ... life immortal. I cannot add or take away from this masterpiece."-Yvonne Byrd, 2006 Senior Poet Laureate of Texas"Life through My Glasses reads beautifully, Herb. It's a grand finale for your book ... a masterpiece."-Dr. Kim Gorman, University of Kentucky, University of Houston"I have to say I feel enriched and inspired having read through your work. Thank you so much!"-Andrea Strudensky, DLitt, faculty, Vanier College, Montreal, Quebec