Steven Nightingale is an acclaimed author whose work spans poetry, novels, and essays. His writing is deeply rooted in explorations of history, culture, and spiritual traditions, with a particular fascination for Andalusia and its rich heritage. Nightingale demonstrates a mastery of the sonnet form, drawn to its historical durability and uncanny power to convey complex ideas with precision. His works often weave personal experiences into vast historical and geographical tapestries, offering readers compelling insights into the interconnectedness of the world.
The haiku is an intense, concentrated form, ideal for portraying the atrocious darkness of our times, and also the exaltations of life possible when love and understanding come into unity. In this book of poems, which moves the haiku form towards incantation, we are shown the ferocity of danger before us; and also a way forward―a jailbreak, a healing, the recognition of a place of safety. It's where we know a concord of souls, erotic communion, raw blessing, and rebellion.
The haiku is an intense, concentrated form, ideal for portraying the atrocious darkness of our times, and also the exaltations of life possible when love and understanding come into unity. In this book of poems, which moves the haiku form towards incantation, we are shown the ferocity of danger before us; and also a way forward--a jailbreak, a healing, the recognition of a place of safety. It's where we know a concord of souls, erotic communion, raw blessing, and rebellion.