American Ash Poems - Michael Simms

Beginning In The Dirty Realism Of A Working-class Neighborhood And The Misery Of Addicts, The Collection Traces One Manrsquo;s Raw, Funny And Poignant Evolution To Maturity And Acceptance. The Poems Range Widely In Style And Use A Broad Diction That Includes The Slang Of The Streets And The Tender Language Of Love, As Well As Concepts Of History, Politics And Science, To Create A Riff On What It Is To Be Alive In A Time Which May Very Well Be The End Of Civilization As We Know It. Simms Weaves Highly Personal Stories About His Sisterrsquo;s Suicide, His Own Struggle With Addiction, And The Joy Of Finding Love And A Spiritual Path Against A Background Of The Desperate Politics Of Our Time: Perpetual War, The Decay Of Urban Life, And The Encroaching Chaos Caused By Our Violation Of Nature.