Carmina: The Nomad Odes

By Juan-Paolo Perre

Siena Press presents CARMINA: The Nomad Odes, the follow-up collection of poetry from poet Juan-Paolo Perre, author of the Legacy Poetry Prize-winning book, "A Confederacy of Joy". A highly-anticipated collection of lyric poetry issuing forth from the spiritual and geographic nomad, the restless seeker, the human being, sometimes exalted and other times unworthy and disappointing; negotiating the journey of his emotional and intellectual lives and the dilemma of confronting those parts of him against the unforgivingly stark and concrete world in which we live and in spite of it all, insistent on somehow finding hope and transcendent beauty in everything.

Taking a cue from the beloved poet, Pablo Neruda (to whom this book is dedicated), Perre finds aching beauty in things both sacred and profane, universally exalted and the mundane commonplace - as subjects for each ode. In his deft treatment each ode becomes a song, a declaration, a chant, a truth set to the soul's music.

 

• Language: English
• Publisher: Juan-Paolo Perre
• Release date: Sep 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9780996062145

Book preview

CARMINA

The Nomad Odes

POEMS

by

Juan-Paolo Perre

Copyright © 2020 by Juan-Paolo Perre

All rights reserved

Published by Siena Press

Printed in the United States of America

First Edition

14 13 12 11 10 / 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data

Perre, Juan-Paolo.

Carmina: The Nomad Odes / Juan-Paolo Perre. - 1st ed.

p. cm.

I. Title.

ISBN 978-0-9960621-3-8 (Paperback)

ISBN 978-0-9960621-5-2 (Hardcover)

ISBN 978-0-9960621-4-5 (eBook)

811.608 821.92

Library of Congress Control Number: 2020941082

British Library Cataloguing in Publishing Data. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

Some poems herein previously published in the collection, A Confederacy of Joy – Siena Press [2014]

Front quote by Rainer Maria Rilke, from his collection, Love Poems to God

Epilog quote by Pablo Neruda, from his poem Poetry

Cover photo: Juan-Paolo Perre (archival photo)

Front & back cover designs: Juan-Paolo Perre

POETRY

The Legacy Poetry Prize Series

-Inaugural Selection: Juan-Paolo Perre - A Confederacy of Joy

PERIODICALS

-Il Palio Review -inaugural release January 2021

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The Poetry in Film Series:

https://www.youtube.com/CalmeEtVolupte

Author Links:

http://juanpaoloperre.com https://www.facebook.com/JuanPaoloPerre Twitter: @JPPerre

SIENA PRESS

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Also by Juan-Paolo Perre

A Confederacy of Joy †

† Legacy Poetry Prize

I live my life in widening circles that reach out