Joe W Ramos

The St. James Disagrees Joe W Ramos

These are poems that find sustenance in family and connection but that also do battle with the expectations. Fusing Du Fu, T. S. Elliot, William Carlos Williams and Li Po and mixing with a dash of popular culture and humor into something new and contemporary. Divided into three sections roughly corresponding to remembrances of childhood, the challenges of early adulthood, and the joys and sorrows of family. Truly memorable lines you will not soon forget. These are splinters that will lodge in you, pears that will nourish you. . Separate PathsIt is now early autumnAnd I have these pearsHere for youBut you are not hereAnd they will not lastSo I send these few poemsOut into the world To find you