PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Daniel Brown was brought up in Owego, NY and moved to the Hudson Valley in 1972.At age 58 following the death of his Father and finding more years in the past than in the future he began to write poetry. Over the next few years, poetry became a daily process and a life work he needed to pursue. Daniel has been published in Chronogram magazine, the online journals and blogs Ekphrastic Review, MONO, Jerry Jazz Musician, Poetic Sun and print anthologies published by THEMA literary journal, the Haiku Society of America, MONO anthology #3, and MIGHTIER: Poets For Social Justice. Daniel is appreciative and happy every time his work is accepted. He has hosted a youtube channel Poetry From Shooks Pond and lives in Red Hook, New York with his wife, daughter and two cats.
Daniel Brown's Family Portraits in Verse and Other Illustrated Poems is an exquisite collection based largely on pictures handed down from both his and his wife's extended families. The interplay between the visual images and Brown's succinct and deeply felt poetry is a wonder. The unity of photograph and word succeeds completely--no small feat. The work is seamless, poignant, and insightful. Brown gives the reader the gift of seeing as he does, the fleeting beauty of moments caught by the camera and of lives lost and found. The collection includes tributes to Walt Whitman and jazz greats, as well as original takes on well-known folk ballads. In all, Brown captures the universal inheritance we share as members of families and of society at large as we move through time. A breathtaking gem. ---Roselee Blooston, award-winning author of Dying in Dubai, Trial by Family, The Chocolate Jar & Other Stories, and Almost: My Life in the Theater I have had the privilege of publishing Dan Brown's jazz poetry for some time now, and his ability to sensitively merge his love of the culture with his own creative soul is a rare gift. That gift shows up in this collection honoring his past in family photographs and his touching, passionate poetry, introducing us to a time and place Dan so capably reveals, and to characters we are delighted to know. Family Portraits in Verse is about community, childhood, complex relationships, grace, love and the American experience. It is a truly unique and rewarding reading experience. ---Joe Maita, Editor, Publisher, Jerry Jazz Musician
