Publisher's Synopsis
165 poems, 6 Flash Fiction stories, and 70 hand-painted acrylic illustrations comprise this poetry book celebrating healthy masculinity through the birth, life, and death of a modern gentleman, but do not be alarmed! Only the very best of man's heroic successes and foolish failures live and die on these pages!
This experience is divided into 6 chapters of a good man's life: Infancy, Boyhood, Teenager, Manhood, Parenthood, and the Elderly Years. Read through as our modern gentleman throws his first punch at school, planting his feet and finding his voice. Reminisce as he struggles with the pain of teenage heartbreak and loneliness, that feeling of rejection and inadequacy that (even though it hurts) is a valuable and important lesson for all to learn. Imagine the strength and despair of being a powerful and despised young man, the world judging him every step of the way as he struggles to find himself in a complex world. As he matures to marriage, try to picture the isolation and jealousy of knowing he will never give birth...never have that connection with a child like it does with its mother, and the restraint it takes to remain steadfast and dedicated to his Vow. Lastly, grow and understand as age finally catches up, and he is forced to face all those things he fled from for so many years. This book is not just a compilation of poems. This book is a subjective, visceral journey of life through the eyes of a lower middle-class, down-to-earth, regular modern gentleman. It was written for all of the inspirational and hard-working fathers, stepfathers, uncles, brothers, cousins, and best buds out there that seek no special attention or circumstances set for them - save for the room to simply be.
