61 to Panther Burn

"Hey, Poet. Tell us a story"-taken from one of the poems here-is a call to "write unfettered by worldly constraints" and is indeed what this eclectic collection is all about.

Through a series of nearly forty poems, Sulser grapples with the complexity and inevitability of life and loss, exploring images that leave us "in breathless wonder at the arc of life."

Whether readers are lifelong poetry fans or simply lovers of language and beauty, they will be haunted by Sulser's lamentations and thanksgivings. The stories he tells us are indelible. They tug at our longings and our sense of wonder.

Inspired by his relationships, his dreams, and the world around him, Sulser masterfully shares thoughts about dirt and disorder, sunsets and willow trees, hope, transformation, and the crushing losses of life.

Here is a Mississippi poet at his best.

-- Floyd Sulser Edited by Matthew Guinn & Kristen Sulser Guinn