chris anthony ferrer

All too often we spend our lives waiting for that One Great Lesson, that one big push that finally wakes whatever sleeping power lies within us. All too often we quest for this so intently that we become blind to the many lessons that whisper to us. Little ambushes of the divine. Epiphanies, not in a blaze of solar fire or in the thunder of eagles' wings in flight, but in dust and silence.

A small collection of poems by Chris Anthony Ferrer, Epiphanies in Dust outlines a journey of realization not made through earth-shattering discoveries but through quiet flashes of insight. In short, simple works, the author uses simple imagery to underscore a hidden meaning to life's randomness--picking scabs, seeing a familiar-looking face out the window, watching a drop of ink spread on a sheet of paper are given new value through the thoughtful use of language.

From the simmering anger and quiet desolation of "Phaenon," to the playful mathematical nod of "A Lesson in Irony," to sad, resigned hopefulness of "On Pigeon Wings," let Epiphanies in Dust awaken you to the potential of a myriad of stories scattered in the dust beneath your feet.