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Excellent Review Date: 2008-04-11
A challenge for any reader ...Review Date: 2008-03-29
Chad Lilly,
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This is one "Aha" moment after the other - very good!Review Date: 2007-04-27
One of the best written Metaphysical instruction book writtenReview Date: 2007-05-18
It's About Time!Review Date: 2007-06-05
Sure, I've come to understand Bible history from prior class instruction; however, no instructor in my life has explained its fascinating history as fully and from such meticulous research as has Steven Hairfield. Sure, I have known of Jesus' "lost years" in the Bible through the research provided by several obscure authors; however, I became totally enthralled by Steven Hairfield's inner urge to understand those "lost years" through personal experience. Sure, I have been a member of Christian-based organizations, volunteering my services and attending Bible Study classes and retreats; however, none have provided me an understanding of WHO I am and my association with the Creator that made any sense to me until I digested, in my own terms, the unifying Principle of Unconditional Love & Inseparableness, revealed so prevalently throughout the Bible, as Steven Hairfield explained the Bible's symbology and allegory through metaphysical interpretation.
Am I the only individual who feels that something is about to happen? Am I the only one who enjoys both radio and television series which reveal the "other side," portraying the myriad of ways to which we relate, however entertaining those ways are expressed or shown, respectively? After reading Steven Hairfield's interpretation on the Book of Revelation, I am deeply calmed and at peace, for all the pieces have been foretold and each is coming together. Not for the world's end mind you; rather, for our next step to a glorious beginning - if we so choose it.
I am deeply grateful and sincerely acknowledge, all the time, effort and life choices through which Steven Hairfield had to experience in order to get this book out to the general populace. I now understand WHO I am and my purpose of being, thanks to this gentle, forthright soul. Thank you Steven!

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The Revelation of TruthReview Date: 2007-12-28
Sean Granger commentaryReview Date: 2001-10-14
theology the easy and truthful wayReview Date: 2000-11-22
Genesis on Bible ProphecyReview Date: 2001-05-08
Planting the SeedReview Date: 2001-06-16
I have a friend at work that is constantly at odds with her spouse. Her father is a Minister here in Virginia and she was familiar with your Church. Well, I went the following weekend to the same tent sale, thank God it was still there, and purchased two more copies. I gave one to my friend for her and her spouse to read. I thought this might bring them closer. She says they sit and discuss the book together. I'm praying this book will open their eyes to the reality of life with God.
Last weekend I was on my way to see my daughter in the hospital in San Antonio, Texas. While on the plane, a lady asked to see the book I was reading. She enjoyed the first few pages so much and said she was going to go purchase it. Having read the chapter on "Age of Conscience" I knew if I didn't give her the extra copy I was carrying in my bag to give to my sister, I was not going to feel at ease the rest of the trip. So, I gave her the extra copy I had. It made me feel better knowing how thankful she was. However, when I got home and my sister happened to see my book on the table, she began to read it and asked to borrow it. Again I was reminded of that chapter...I told her my plans were to bring her a copy but I gave it to a lady I met on the plane. I felt so bad because I wanted to surprise my sister with a copy. I still felt guilty because I didn't want to part with my copy and only because I highlighted several sections of the book. I did promise I would send her one as soon as I got back.
Well I carry this book with me because I like to refer back to it periodically. I went to go see my doctor and he too noticed the book. He said he would like to read it. I mentioned to him what had happened with my sister's book. I didn't tell him, but when I go get a copy for my sister I plan to pick up one for him as well. After our visit he said the kindest thing that anyone has ever said to me. He said "Diane, you're planting the seed". I never looked at it that way. I was just so taken by the context of the book that I wanted to share it with friends and family.
I do not claim to be a saint...the Lord knows I am not. Like many I have suffered and sinned and I wish I could say I will sin no more. But I do know the Lord has something good in store for me...I feel He has already revealed it to me. But like many, I cover my ears at times and don't want to listen because I know what it is I have to do. I don't fear death because my faith is strong. I thank Him everyday for my faith and pray that I will be among the chosen ones to spend eternity in His devine presence. I look forward to the day that John the Revelator wrote of: "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away." (Rev. 21:4 NKJV).
I sincerely thank you for sharing this wonderful gift of knowledge with me and the world. It has brought to me a whole new outlook on my life. Mil Gracias...

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Be the change we want to seeReview Date: 2000-02-16
Finally: The Sky Is NOT Falling!Review Date: 1999-06-29
Nice reading material!Review Date: 2003-11-05
This book blew me away!Review Date: 2004-01-10
January 2005-After the tsunami in South Asia I picked this book up again and reread the sections on "earthchanges" and "Is Mother Nature Mad"--again it was extremely apropos.
"Know that you Know your own TruthReview Date: 2002-03-09

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Great Thriller about TerrorismReview Date: 2008-03-04
Also, sometimes the dialog felt a little unrealistic. I don't read a lot of Christian fiction so I am not sure if this is usual for the genre, but sometimes the scenes with Greg and Jillian talking about Christianity felt forced and unnatural.
Finally, I really liked the character of Ibrahim al-Samarri. The author made him feel really personable and human. But this could also be considered a fault against the book depending upon how you look at it. He was supposed to be the "villain," but throughout the book, I felt for him and I could hardly believe he was doing the things he was doing. This is probably intentional by the author and I applaud him for making a terrorist so human and real (if that was his intention). The author makes you almost want to root for him.
All in all, I really enjoyed the book despite having to suspend my belief in reality quite often. I guess in the end you have to have to say who cares if a Bible professor can work with the FBI despite no classification access. It's fiction. If you enjoy thriller books about terrorism, then I think you will like this book. I also recently read David Baldacci's "The Camel Club" and they were quite similar so if you like Baldacci's books, then I believe you will enjoy this one. I look forward to the next two books in the trilogy.
Page-turner of a Middle East ThrillerReview Date: 2008-01-10
Filled with suspenseReview Date: 2007-12-05
This book starts with a bang - a suicide bomber that kills Moshe Zachar's wife. Although they have had some struggles in their marriage, Moshe can't imagine life without her. When he is contacted by Israel's intelligence agency, Moshe decides to risk everything to avenge the death of his beloved spouse.
Ibrahim al-Samarri can't believe it when three men take over his apartment and try to blow up an American envoy. The Americans blow up the apartment and Ibrahim's wife and son are killed - but he lives. Intent on taking revenge against the country that ruined his life, Ibrahim joins a rebel band with a plan and the high-powered missiles to put it into play.
Rookie FBI agent Jillian Foster is not thrilled with her new assignment in Chicago. After her brother's death during the terrorist attacks on 9/11, she's been driven to prevent other people from suffering as she did. But what will she really accomplish sitting at a desk on a brand-new task force?
An accidental discovery forces professor Greg Hanson to call the FBI. All he was doing was preparing a Bible study lesson for the teenage kids he teaches on Sundays. Now he's being pulled into an investigation of national importance.
Fighting for revenge. Desperate to protect.
As the four threads in this story begin to tangle, will good overcome evil? Or will more innocent people die?
Dyer and Tobey start with an interesting premise and it's obvious they've done their research for this terrorism-themed thriller. But cliché dialogue, backstory overloads and repetitious information make it hard to stay involved with the story. There's an "unbelievability factor," too, with the fact that a civilian and foreign intelligence agent would be allowed access to sensitive government information.
But the authors make it work, for the most part.
Armchair Interviews says: If you like adventure and twisting suspense that keeps you guessing about the end, read this book.
Compelling NovelReview Date: 2007-10-10
superb counterterrorism thrillerReview Date: 2007-11-13
At the hotel attending the wedding of a beloved cousin are Moshe and Esther Zachar when he notices the waitress acting strange; he realizes she has a terrorist bomb, but is too late with his warning. The brazen handler emboldened by his success plans bigger terrorist attacks on the enemy by attacking the Dragon from behind where it is vulnerable. Meanwhile DC desk bound FBI special agent Jillian Foster whose brother died in the Twin Towers collapse, Chicago college professor Greg Hanson seeking internet photos of the Dome of the Rock, and Moshe seeking vengeance soon find their worlds colliding trying to prevent a major biblical proportion assault.
STRIKE THE DRAGON is a superb counterterrorism thriller that makes the case that another attack is imminent and that the violent history in the Middle East is personal on a family level as much as it is on a religious plane and cannot be ignored. The story line is fast-paced from the opening scene when the Palestinian widow takes revenge on Israelis attending a wedding, which leads to Moshe seeking revenge in a spiraling feud that symbolizes no ending in sight. Readers will be hooked with this powerful look at terrorists striking at what they perceive is the evil dragon by the only way they feel they can succeed while the west operatives try to prevent another 9/11. As long as fanatics like Ibrahim and the Teacher still plot, the innocent remain endangered.
Harriet Klausner

Great alternative to the antique versionReview Date: 2008-02-18
The TruthReview Date: 2007-12-26
I can understand that this book will be an eye opener for any one who uses it. I dont say that this book is perfect, but it is really a key to understand the bible more and more.
Hope all who buys will be blessed spiritually and will be matured in their faith...
An Intriguing Volume.Review Date: 2006-08-18
Light, while growing darkness all around the globeReview Date: 2006-03-19
Great Resource for ChristiansReview Date: 2007-05-24
I give this Volume 4 stars instead of 5 becuase is does not include the original forwards to these volumes which were witten by Russell too. The previews are even more eye opening that the rest. Still, these books contain a wealth of information about how confused the leadership of this organization was in its begining with regard to doctrine, date setting, and prophecy. Russel was to be Jehovah's prophet to dispense the truth. His information was supposed to come directly either from Jehovah himselph or angelic messenger.
When it comes to Biblical propphecy there is no room whatsover for the prophesy not coming to pass. NO mistakes are allowed. The light does not get "brighter and brighter" for a prophecy spoken in the name of the LORD that does not come to pass. That is a false prophecy.
Just two examples:
Russell taught that all worldly kingdoms will end in 1914 and the Church of Christ will be set up with Christ as head. (S. in S., Vol II, p. 170.) He prophesied that all denominations would cease to exist in 1914.(Studies in the Scriptures, Vol. III, page 153-155; Vol. 2, p. 245.)
Russell also taught that one would be better off studying these series of books than studying the BIBLE.
QUOTE -- "If the six
volumes of 'Scripture Studies' are practically the Bible,
topically arranged with Bible proof texts given, we might not
improperly name the volumes 'The Bible in an arranged form.'
That is to say, They are not mere comments on the Bible, but
they are practically the Bible itself. Furthermore, not only
do we find that people cannot see the divine plan in studying
the Bible by itself, but we see, also, that if anyone lays the
'Scripture Studies' aside, even after he has used them, after
he has become familiar with them, after he has read them for
ten years -- if he lays them aside and ignores them and goes
to the Bible alone, though he has understood the Bible for ten
years, our experience shows that within two years he goes into
darkness. On the other hand, if he had merely read the
'Scripture Studies' with their references and had not read a
page of the Bible as such, he would have the light of the
Scriptures." ("The Watchtower," September 15, 1910, p. 298.
So I guess when it comes down to it, if you have to choose between the Volumes and the Bible there's no question which to choose (according to the Watchtower).
Amazingly, if you study the organizations history, these books are just the tip of the iceberg of erronious teachings that have nothing to do with the Bible and everything to do with a man made organization's attempt at controlling peoples lives.
It's almost laughable that so many Christian's are still intimidated by this stuff. Any Christian who studies the Word should be able to see through this kind of stuff immediately. Not that difficult to discern. Kind of like a $3 bill.
I highly recommend this resource for believers who are well versed in the scriptures and have a heart minister the truth of the Word of God to the people knocking on their doors. Remember: it's not about winning an argument, its about showing the love of God to sincere, yet lost people. Sow the truth, don't look for immediate doorstep conversions. The Lord will take care of the harvest, you just make sure you sow the seeds.
If there are any Jehovah's Witnesses who have made it this far into my review, I applaud you. Keep seeking the truth. Let the Bible be the ultimate revelation of God to you, not some man, woman, or organizations "teachings". He's real, He loves you, and He's made provisions for you that others are trying to keep you from understanding, receiving, and enjoying here and now.
Thank you and may God bless the readers of this review. Have a great day!

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Eros and ScienceReview Date: 2007-04-11
Like Prometheus she pays the price, and it is death that gives her the insight which frees her - and our mind - from religious prejudice and illusion. The book argues for tolerance and against militant monotheism.
It is also a story of true love, with a modern version of the Orpheus myth, except, in this case, not only does Orpheus prefer men in the end, but also Euridice finds her love supreme in the arms and ageless eyes of Nekhbet the Vulture-goddess...
It would be easy to make a movie à la Indiana Jones out of this novel, but the content is so rich that I hope somebody turns it into an opera.
It could be the perfect libretto...
Hokie, but still enjoyableReview Date: 2006-09-07
She and her crew have found an unknown tomb and have razed the mummy. Along comes Valerie's power hungry boss to spoil everything. He's going to steal her show and it appears some of the items they've been uncovering have found their way into personal collections rather than remaining with artifacts or going to the museum.
The mummy has two spirits a Ka and Ra. It's strange for everyone to be talking to the two spirits and a predetermined event to be reenacted during this century.
Totally sci-fi and enjoyable.
Interesting yarn and not what I expectedReview Date: 2007-03-16
For some reason I thought this was going to be an Indiana Jones type story with women as both heroes and lots of passionate romance in exotic locations.
Instead I was treated to the story of thirty-something archeologist Valerie Foret during a time in her life when every facet is in flux and all tumultuous. There is so much going on in the story and I hesitate to give any of the plot away so I appended the summary from the publisher's website.
I have always loved books set in Egypt from Victoria Holt and Phyllis Whitney to Dorothy Eden and Joyce Verrette. I found this exceptional modern day novel a nice read chock full of information and interesting characters.
I especially liked how Valerie used her intellect to circumvent the bad guys to ensure the integrity of the artifacts and the dig itself. I enjoyed how the author was able to ground the speculative aspects of the story in the real world and not make it an over the top story more Sci-Fi than fiction.
Our book club chose this title as our book of the week and all were enthusiastic in their comments with many very impressed as to the similar aspects of ancient and modern religions.
We are looking forward to The Ibis Prophecy: Book Two Vulture's Kiss (August 2007)
From the publisher's website - Ancient curses, modern day villains, and a most intriguing woman who keeps appearing when least expected and then...disappearing.
Archeologist Valerie Foret has spent a year searching for a tomb in the Egyptian desert--a labor broken only by high risk trysts with a powerful man's wife. When she finally makes the discovery of a lifetime, she is set upon by jealous rivals and religious fanatics. Worse, she is drawn into the depths of the desert by forces that offer knowledge of vast mysteries and at the same time threaten to destroy everything she knows. For what she's found is a glimpse into the hereafter, and it's nothing like it's supposed to be.
Brilliant scientist that she is, she has loved most unwisely and learned what she does not want to know. Follow her adventures through modern and ancient Egypt, through this world and the next, with Book One of the Ibis Prophecy.
Justine Saracen is something of an "old hand," having traveled to the dense streets and markets of much of the Arab world, in Egypt, Morocco, and the West Bank. After two trips to the Ptolemaic temples along the Nile, however, she lost her heart to the desert and its ancient cultures. Together with her Egyptologist partner, she became immersed in the colorful theology that "lives" in the temples and tombs of Egypt. Speculation on how much fun it would be to throw together the Egyptian gods and the modern world, and to put a lesbian at the center of it all, led to the Ibis Prophecy books. The first novel of the series, The 100th Generation, was a finalist in the Queerlit Competition
Not What I ExpectedReview Date: 2007-10-05
Archeologist Valerie Foret has spent a year searching for a tomb in the Egyptian desert--a labor broken only by high risk trysts with a powerful man's wife. When she finally makes the discovery of a lifetime, she is set upon by jealous rivals and religious fanatics. Worse, she is drawn into the depths of the desert by forces that offer knowledge of vast mysteries and at the same time threaten to destroy everything she knows. For what she's found is a glimpse into the hereafter, and it's nothing like it's supposed to be.
Brilliant scientist that she is, she has loved most unwisely and learned what she does not want to know. Follow her adventures through modern and ancient Egypt, through this world and the next, with Book One of the Ibis Prophecy. - END OF BACK COVER TEXT
I was really looking forward to reading `100th Generation,' mostly because it is set in Egypt and is published by Bold Strokes Books. The book description was intriguing and I was anxious to read this first novel by author Justine Saracen. However, the book was nothing like I expected.
Being published by BSB, I was expecting a lesbian romance, but this book is nothing of the sort. Don't get me wrong, the main character is a lesbian. She also has an illicit affair with an Egyptian dignitary's wife, but this is hardly a romance and the affair is merely an afterthought. Once I got past that fact, I enjoyed the book. Saracen has a great imagination and tells a really good story. The strong leading character - Valerie Foret - along with an interesting supporting cast, colorful `ghosts' and a mystical setting make this an enjoyable read.
I'm not sure I'll read the sequel, `Vulture's Kiss,' but am glad I took the time to read this one. If you're into archaeology, science, and ghosts, take a chance.
First well written, clever and learned adventure story in a long time! Review Date: 2006-08-09
I personally liked this because it is well-written, with real literary style, exciting and the well developped main character is an intelligent woman, who sets her far apart from Lara Croft.
Imagine this novel as an actually well-written Da Vinci Code (for the mystery part - not the same theme, though!), where the female character is not a clueless follower of the male lead.


Im 14 but not a user.......anywayReview Date: 2005-12-10
This is THE book with Full Proof !Review Date: 2003-10-21
some new info but a little redundantReview Date: 2002-12-25
A REVOLUTIONARY FIND! A MUST READ!Review Date: 2002-06-07
AWESOME THEORY!!!Review Date: 2002-05-15

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GOTY edition completeReview Date: 2007-01-15
Essential For Enjoyable Gameplay !!!Review Date: 2006-04-18
basically an expensive atlas for the gameReview Date: 2007-03-23
Gotta Give This Guy PropsReview Date: 2006-03-18
But I just gotta say...this particular guide is one of the most amusing things I have ever read. Honestly, I pick it up from time to time even when I'm not currently playing the game. The guy writes with genuine amusement...you get the feeling he's as excited to play it as you are. I hope the next guide for Morrowind IV is written just as well. I feel spoiled by this one.
Very ThoroughReview Date: 2006-01-15
The guide to the the original Morrowind game is set up like this: First there's information about weapons, enemies, classes, races, and birthsigns. Then there's maps, a guide to the main quest, guides to the faction quests, (Which are further subdidvided by faction, area, and quest assigner) and finally miscellaneous quests. The two expansions, Bloodmoon and Tribunal, are set up the same way.
The guide does not have a complete walkthrough for the game (meaning it doesn't tell you exactly what to do step-by-step from the time you boot it up), simply because Morrowind is a game that relies very heavily on exploration. Also, Olafson writes very tongue-in-cheek. In an early Mages' Guild quest, you have to go pick some mushrooms. He says, "What is this, my daughter's science project?" Like that. One minor quip: A guide to where to find spells would have been very helpful. Those take a lot of hunting to find.
Additionally, if you're looking for general gameplay tips, or any gameplay tips at all, you're screwed. It has guides to every quest in the game, which is saying a lot, but no more than that. Ah well.
P.S. Please rate this review!

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A Must ReadReview Date: 2007-12-21
Joel S.Review Date: 2005-02-22
thoroughly researchedReview Date: 1999-03-13
End of History Messiah ConspiracyReview Date: 2001-10-05
Pages 824-828 unbelievably establish a biblically based explanation of the age-old conflict between Arabs and Jews from chapters found in the book of Genesis, the first book of the Bible. However, this is the Bible believed in by Jews and Christians. According to Genesis, as author Philip Moore quotes, the scripture's promose the fat of the land, i.e., oil to the Arabs and the land of Canaan, i.e., Israel to the Jews both of whom are involved in a 4000-year long conflict which begins with Isaac and Ishmael and extends down to the modern Jews and Arabs of this present year, and on into the 2030's. (The biblical word for fat and oil are from the same Hebrew root and refers to material that produces energy and is combustible through burning. The semetic term, shumon, is also indicative of the production of great wealth.) The author quotes a June 9, 1967 Time Magazine article on page 800-801, which amazingly mentions the conflict using those two biblical names.
In chapters 2-4 and 18, he states Jesus and Moses predicted Israel, i.e., Jews would be expelled from their land in the first century (as he quotes several Bible verses from Deuteronomy and Luke, both Testaments to prove this), and that Ezekial, another Prophet in the Bible, writing 600 BC, predicted their return. Amazingly, the Jews returned to resettle their land in 1948, as he claims is a fulfillment of Chapters 36 and 37 of Ezekial's prediction found in the Jews' Old Testament. Beginning in this era, even though the Arabs own huge amounts of oil wealth, more material wealth than the Jews would ever possess, they insisted on persecution of the Jews, and those who would support them, in their claim of living on this land and giving the world the Bible; this is why the Jews are called the "chosen people." Isaac (the Jew), Ishmael's half-brother (the Arab) was called the "son of promise" in Genesis. The promise was a spiritual one that involves the coming of the Messiah (estensively documented in author's chapters 1, 3 and 5) to lead the earth's people away from paganism and back to the worship of God in a peaceful, yet to be realized earthly kingdom (chapters 29-30). The Arabs harboring jealousy over the Jews ownership of the land of Israel (as foretold by Isaac Newton, see author's chapter 11) are biblically predicted to precipitate world conflict through terrorism, which may be emulated by Russia (chapter 19) and China (chapter 21), which will establish Europe as the major power in world affairs (see chapters 22 and 23). Once the United States is substantially weakened, the new European/New Roman leader, the antichrist, will come to power to persecute millions before the second coming of Christ to crush evil and inaugurate world peace sometime in the 2020's-30's. If all of this is true, we have much to go through before we can rest.
In an appendix, "Apes Fakes and Mistakes" the author absolutely destroys any possibility of the premise of evolution having any truth or fact in its short history until now. The work is truly a book that proves the Bible while accepting the rationale of true science, even using science, along with prophecy to validate the authenticity of the genuineness of the Bible, laid out in true fact.
In Today's Librarian magazine which reviewed this book in September 1999, on page 44, stated this work was the most scholarly and detailed ever written on the subject. The book is over 1200 pages. This book is truly well worth reading, fully illustrated, with over 300 scholars quoted, composed and written in a language understandable to the layman.
This is a good book, but it could have been much better.Review Date: 1999-02-07

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Better than I hoped! Fantastic!!Review Date: 2008-04-23
What happened to Western poetry? Poetry has been near to death in the West since about 1950. Modern poetry does not sell books, everyone knows this. Until now. For the first time can I actually buy a poetry book and find power and pleasure. that has not happened in a long time in America.
With this book, poetry no longer belongs to the elite and the academics. Buy this book and read it and you view of American poetry will be changed and enlarged. The poems are intellectually sharp and the language is like nothing I have seen in contemporary literature. "Greatest Living Poet" will be seen in the future as the turning point of successful American poetry. A great achievement.
AmazingReview Date: 2008-04-15
These poems have great lines you will never forget.
Finally a poet that gives pleasureReview Date: 2008-01-28
Poetry is his "Schtick"Review Date: 2007-04-12
It doesn't help the reader searching for poetry to read reviews trashing the work of Kobo or even (I hate to say it) Jewel. One should always use a sharpened weapon on a foe, not a fool. I'm not even so sure of how sharp my weapon is, anyway- besides, I'm pretty sure I'll cut my own finger using it.
If you are interested in reading some really great poetry it is my humble suggestion that you check out the works of Neruda or Borges. Other great choices would be W.H. Auden or Gerard Manly Hopkins. Oh, Thomas Merton is good stuff. Elizabeth Bishop! Robert Lowell! Theodore Roethke! Gregory Corso! Wallace Stevens! If you want somebody to blindside you with a hundred brilliantly worded images while swirling around you shouting, whispering, shrieking strange and beautiful lists and oddly connected and disconnected comments get the brand spankin' new Library of America (Ron Padgett edited) Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch. Read them aloud, alone, with a cup of coffee and your feet up. (You'll need to be sitting down- otherwise Koch will leave you reeling.) There is so much really fine poetry in the world.
Even though Madonna and Bill Clinton are listed on the Greatest Living Poet website as reading Kobo/Rendina's poetry, I daresay these are not the people whom you would ask for poetry reading suggestions and if they are I own this bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in purchasing. I believe Kobo's "greatest living poet" thing is a device, a stage persona, a character, a logo, if you will, to bring attention to poetry. Those who read poetry do not need this insult and those who don't will feel hornswoggled if they read Kobo. Poetry is not a parlor trick (yeah, try to find a parlor, for one thing.)
Kobo claims that Rilke is a rock and roll poet. Fine. Good choice. Read Rilke, then.
Elevated in style, powerful in imaginationReview Date: 2006-01-25
Normally I don't read modern poems. They pretend to be highly artistic - but they are only a combination of an eccentric poet and incomprehensible and pretentious stammering and stuttering. "Strange Gods, Bulk Prophecies" is different. Strong lines go to the bottom of your heart, a well-considered range of metaphors and symbols combined with a brilliant linguistic competence and the knowledge about the power of words lead you to the poet's message. He IS the greatest living poet! I have never read anything that clear and precise. This is far beyond ordinary.
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I would recommend this book to anyone who desires to enjoy and experience life fully. Dr. Hairfield's interpretation of the Bible offers a gentle journey towards personal healing and the awakening of your soul. Thank you, Steven, for your love for each of us individually, and for you willingness to share with us such a loving message from The Creator.