Poetry. As frequent travelers to the Greek isles and the Near East, Wainio and his oeuvre represent a lifetime's fascination and study of ascendent ancient civilizations while being reluctantly rooted in the most seamy culture the planet has produced to date. "Ken Wainio is what happens when Éluard and Lautréamont meet the Oracle at Delphi"—Thomas Rain Crowe. "Pellucidly elliptical, this representative assembly of Wainio's work is essential & disturbing & a long time coming"—David Meltzer.