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Reviews for The Bird Catcher
by Pat Parnell
about Vivaldi for Breakfast, Moon Pie Press, 2009
Poems...suffused by Mike's deep love for life in its entirety. ..many poems meld two genres of art--painting, sculpture, music--with the poetry, bringing out deeper insights..Mike's sense of humor makes sure the reader always finds another twist, a surprise dimension rewarding their reading.
by Rex Gillit
about Cardomom Cravings, Sargent Press, 2012
Some [poems] demand to be shouted or sung--and, indeed, have been. Others want never to be heard aloud. All bring something fresh. How enriching to have a master observer as our guide!
by Alice Persons
about Two-Ply and Extra Sensitive, Sheltering Pines Press, 2007
His deft handling of many settings and themes, with a frequent welcome leavening of humor, marks a mature poet who has read and written a lot. Albert is obviously in love with words and knows how to bend them to his purpose.
Sample from The Bird Catcher
Mid-Autumn, Rampant
I spent my 53rd birthday playing chauffeur
to my new friends and their Spanish guests,
visitors from Segovia. A weekend of late
lunches and later suppers, earnest conversations
in Castilian, lobsters, great art in Portland, the last
evening light at Biddeford Pool: pink water under
a turquoise sky. Foxie, my dear friend Jan's dear cat,
died quietly that evening, cradled in her arms: old,
sweet, and generous in her dotage. And Stephen,
my best friend, started treatment--x-ray then chemo--
for inoperable brain cancer. The glittering first freeze
took out all but the asters and goldenrod overnight.
Mid-autumn, rampant on my birthday: cruel,
spectacular juggernaut of nostalgia, of regrets.
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