In these poems of taut clarity, craft, and texture, Michael Waters continues his bold exploration of sensual pleasure and moral transgression as means of affirming spiritual faith. Just as a joyride suggests recklessness and exhilaration, so
Celestial Joyride
is an energized journey marked by spiritual recklessness in the face of perpetual mortality. Compelling, musical narratives offer rich meaning and vivid consequence.
Michael Waters
's poetry books include BOA Editions titles
Gospel Night
,
Darling Vulgarity
, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize; and
Parthenopi
, finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. He teaches at Monmouth Universityand in the Drew UniversityMFA Program.