About the Book

    Notes from Oblivion will appeal to an adult readership that enjoys hard-hitting, thought-provoking poetry. Themes explored include unsophisticated populism, media saturation, freedom and censorship, isolation, and the angst of love. They are written in classic lyric style with an emphasis on rhythm and look at modern life from unexpected and sometimes humorous perspectives. Each poem is accompanied by a full color image.

    The Poems

1. Loitering in Limbo
   
2. At the Parasite’s
3. Observation
4. Contemplating Flotsam
5. Another Token for My Chain
6. The Beckoning Dumpster
7. We Are the Blockheads
8. The Debutante
9. Systems
10. I, Monk
11. The Beat of Life Goes On
12. Mao Would Be Proud
13. Giraffes
14. Beyond the Softest Touch
15. Not We, But Me
16. Fragments
17. The Cripple’s Experience
18. Neo-Bolsheviks in Africa
19. I Still Put Another Log atop the Fire
    
20. Uncommitted Me, Uncommitted You
21. On Guard!
22. May They Forever Frolic
23. Timecard
24. My Girlfriend?
25. You Need a Heart to See
26. Literary Goons

Image for Not We, But Me and opening stanza

Six friends, five friends, four friends, three
The ultimate reality's not "we" but "me"
I'm sorry but who knows what I think or see?
From grey matter I will never be free
This is Auguste Rodin's The Thinker (1902) superimposed on his other masterpiece, The Gates of Hell.
Source: Wikimedia Commons/Photo: dalbera/CC BY-SA 2.0
Created by Jean-Pierre Dalbera of Paris, France, April 15, 2010

Thank you for visiting! Currently, the book is available at Amazon.com. It should be available at Amazon.ca by December 7th. Please check my blog GARYRUSSOPOET for updates.

Notes from Oblivion at Amazon.com

The eBook of Notes from Oblivion is instantly available at Apple Books, Barnes and Noble (Nook Store), and others. The best PREVIEW is available at Google Play, where you can read the first four poems. Click on the image of the book cover, and then on "free sample" on the page that opens.

Notes from Oblivion eBook at Google Play

About the Author

     I am a retired chef living in Courtenay, BC and Notes from Oblivion is my first published work. Toronto is my hometown, where I lived from 1956-1990. I attended the University of Toronto in the program Russian and Eastern European studies, and obtained a minor degree in Russian Language. I then set out on a 23-year adventure working as a chef in Russia and Ukraine. I play guitar and am a singer-songwriter. I am currently working on some "culinary poems", the subject being canapes, and have posted one on my blog (November 6th).

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