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This collection of essays and reviews extends and complements the work collected in two earlier volumes: Singing for Nothing: Selected Nonfiction as Literary Memoir (The Operating System, 2018) and On Beauty: Essays, Reviews, Fiction, and Plays (Adelaide Books, 2018). The essays and reviews presented in Parts I and II were written roughly between 2010 and 2021, while the reviews in Part III are selected from work written in previous decades. S...

Rainer Maria Rilke wrote in a letter-later collected in the posthumous book Letters to a Young Poet-that a writer always has a storehouse of inspiration to draw upon from childhood memories. Wally Swist's seventeenth full-length collection of poetry, Taking Residence, begins with poems regarding childhood memories and, in quite a symphonic manner, concludes with them. A collection containing poems honoring the natural world, a suite written as...

This remarkable collection is the clearest manifestation yet of the spiritual posture that has influenced Wally Swist's work for decades. Both visionary and mystical, the book centers around a sonnet sequence regarding a shared awakening with his partner and their consequent experience with angelic visitation. There are also individual poems, such as "Angels" and "Inner Prayer, " that offer examples of the meditative quality of the work and fr...

In what can be described as a watershed collection of poetry, Evanescence: Selected Poems assembles nearly 250 poems by Wally Swist. Largely nature poems and poems regarding spirituality, this work spans some thirty-five years of writing and publishing. However, there are also poems contained here regarding the joys of cuisine, the power of childhood memories, and to quote Robert Frost, as Swist does in prefacing his own poem, "A Wild Beauty, ...

In what can be described as a watershed collection of poetry, Evanescence: Selected Poems assembles nearly 250 poems by Wally Swist. Largely nature poems and poems regarding spirituality, this work spans some thirty-five years of writing and publishing. However, there are also poems contained here regarding the joys of cuisine, the power of childhood memories, and to quote Robert Frost, as Swist does in prefacing his own poem, "A Wild Beauty, ...

A collection of the Wally Swist's most mystical work, The Bees of the Invisible regards nature, spirit, and an array of personal memories-recollections from an elder's point of view. From the first poem in the book, -"A Wild Beauty, " describing heirloom roses-to the last-"Ley Lines, " a commemoration of a longstanding relationship where the poet finds "grace in laying down a memory"-this collection is one of celebration and praise. Also, refl...

Running throughout Wally Swist's numerous poems and publications is clear evidence of his lifelong dedication to observing the natural world. This practice in turn has influenced his extraordinary sense of perception and vision, so clearly at work in this collection, tested in all facets of life, from the most mundane ("Mall Walker") to the natural ("Ode to the Holyoke Range") to the political ("Ringmaster of the Ridiculous") to the eternal ("...

It turns out Wally Swist is a skilled essayist and reviewer as well as a celebrated poet and a decidedly eclectic reader. Singing for Nothing (the title alone says something about the condition of poetry) is a refined review of the work of both known and overlooked contemporary poets, as well as essays and reviews of the work of a range of artists, writers, and even scientists. The accounts are so intriguing, even for those unfamiliar with the...

Acclaimed poet Wally Swist remarks on events of everyday living in this brilliant collection. "The Female Cardinal, " "Ray's Sandwich Shop, " "Ode to My New Shoes, " and, of course, "Candling the Eggs" show us how to notice the value in commonplace events. Yet, there is more, as we see in "What is Essential" and "Abhorrence, " living calls for action. Of over thirty books and chapbooks, this is perhaps his finest.

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Poet Wally Swist blends themes of love and epiphany to lead readers into a more conscious interaction with the world around them. These ethereal poems call upon a spirituality unfettered to any specific religion, yet universal and potent in its scope, offering a window through which life can be not only viewed but also truly experienced.

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