Collector of Lapsed Times

This is a book of poems to remember those for whom ’time had lapsed.’ The poems begin innocently with common collections, rocks or coins, and progressively, become memories that gather the death in the folds of language, to commemorate the passage. The words are most forceful for those closest to the heart of the narrator. The poems mourn a secret bond with each lost one. In the work of grief, special harmonies in poetry open the soul to the transcendent joy of simply being.

David Appelbaum has worked in publishing and in the university, and is author of several books, including most recently, notes on water [Monkfish] and Portuguese Sailor Boy [Eyewear].