Of Deserts And Rivers

Poetry. "In the western tradition, the Song of Songs has set the standard for love poetry for centuries. Annamaria Napolitano's poetry alludes to some of the same accessories, pomegranates, figs, and the metaphoric enclosed garden, which she describes as the 'lover's cocoon.' But time enters into the lives of her lovers, who live in the modern world, regardless of their yearning to shut it out, and that world intrudes on the lover's universe, with business, breakfast (where "frowns are most virulent"), and the occasional flash of rage. Hers are mortal lovers, who know that the song of Solomon, with the promise of a "love stronger than death," is the shattered illusion of those who are no longer young"--John Freccero.Lawton, Harry is the author of 'Of Deserts And Rivers ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780938631316 and ISBN 0938631314.