Description
Poetry. "DEITY-ALPHABETS, Carroll Kearley's luminous first book of poems, gives testimony to Keats's knowledge that humanity's certainty resides in 'the holiness of the Heart's affections.' Plain-spoken yet naturally resonant, Kearley's poems of witness 'unravel threads of tortured talk' inherent in the lives of the homeless. He reminds us that language, our common bond, offers the vivid grammar of the spirit, the 'fractured syntax' of seeing ourselves in others, and that 'each bearer of a name/ has an irreplaceable impress.' The poet, 'his voice, a second violin' brings the beauty of these 'common flowers' to our attention, and we are so very grateful for it"--Elena Karina Byrne
Author Bio
Carroll C. Kearley, retired professor of philosophy, lives with his wife Tacui in Los Angeles. He was born in 1930 in a farmhouse on the SnakeRiver Plain. His early education, grades 1-12 took place in two small towns, and in a one-room country school just up the road from his parents' poverty-line farm. He was awarded a B.A. in English Literature from Santa Clara University, an M.A. in English Literature from Loyola University in Los Angeles, and the Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Notre Dame. Among his poetry collections are DEITY-ALPHABETS (2009), THE ARMENIAN WATCHMAKER (2010), and THE PLAIN ABOVE THE RIVER (2011), all published by Tebot Bach.
Author City: LOS ANGELES, CA USA