Thaumatology and Other Poems
Ebook
W. Joseph Lutz's poetry has a great variety of styles and subject matter. One theme that is frequently found is that of boundaries and limitations. These are treated sometimes with laughter and sometimes with a great sense of loss and sorrow. It is, of course, a facet of the human condition that everyone can understand. The stories vary greatly, from a lapsed academic searching for the holy grail to a high school baseball pitcher who gets injured and has to give up his dream of a sports career to a small-town alcoholic who can only find solace from the stifling confines of his too organized life by indulging in a late night tipple. There is optimism and joy as well. His answer to the long wait for help is expressed in two words--"it comes." It will come. It always does come, not always in the way we expect, but undeniably "it comes."
“Joe Lutz’s Thaumatology and Other Poems is filled with thoughtful and often wistful observations of aging, desire, and hope. His words tell matter-of-fact stories in a measured tone, allowing the reader to experience geographies and histories on levels that are personal, local, and ancient, connecting it all together through themes of faded glories, collected keepsakes, and human compassion. These poems are a resilient wish to the oracle, that we may someday find our happy fortune even while life constantly reminds us that ‘Sorrow and joy are not distinct / But often dance cheek to cheek.’ Read this book, and it just might leave you feeling divine.”
—Nathan Reid, author of Persistence of Perception
- Title: Thaumatology and Other Poems
- Author: W. Joseph Lutz
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9798385200290, 9798385200276, 9798385200283
- Resource ID: LLS:9798385200290
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-10-18T00:09:35Z
W. Joseph Lutz started writing back in college, then stopped for a few decades and in the past few years started up again (better stuff now). In addition to being a poet, he is an actor, a hiker, a stamp collector, and a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of poets.