Love Poems about Emma
Robert
Glover's love letters are a courageous expression of naked, chaste and unspoken love... I think that both men and women will enjoy this
emotional trip down a lover's lane. -- Mira J. Spektor, feminist poet and
composer
This
is lyric poetry in the confessional mode. Glover speaks directly from his heart
to that of his oblivious beloved. He
is distinctly aware of himself and his emotions... Confessional poems need not be honest; but these are. -- Joel
Forrester, composer and pianist
Robert
Glover's love poetry is moving, poignant, and so refreshing in it's honesty and
openess. Mr. Glover reveals his
feelings in a way that is deceptively simple, hiding deeper truths that all of
us have experienced. He reveals his fears, joy, wit, dreams, and sadness in a
most touching and courageous way. Thank you for letting me into your private
world, Robert! -- Alexandra Herchick, Psychotherapist and singer
A thoroughly enjoyable read. There was a sense of
reality and relatability in the thoughts and feelings within the poetry - some
as old as love itself and others with attention awakening perspectives on an
ancient human experience. Robert allows an intimate and touching glimpse of his
truth and the vulnerability that truth reveals. As I read the last poem I looked
for more, wanting to continue eavesdropping on the progress of this love story.
-- Ingrid Zeldin, NYC vocal instructor, opera singer
Robert Glover's "Love Poems about
Emma" firmly secures an otherworldly love in the familiar. His
heartbreakingly honest journal of ardent longing marries the earthly to the
sublime. These are timeless psalms of love anchored indelibly in our time. --
Simone Schloss, Wharton MBA, mother of three, cabaret amateur, a cappella
enthusiast
Robert Glover's words come off the
page into the mind of the reader through his sincere and intelligent use of the
language of yearning; anyone who's ever loved and longed from afar will identify
with his sharp and sometimes painfully witty confessions - and that, I would
assume, might just be all of us. -- DeeAnne Gorman, vocalist & poet
There is something about Mr. Glover which is
tremendously beautiful, full of insight, full of love and devotion.
Otherwise, this sonnet-like book could never have come to pass.
Anyone who has loved and lost, and felt it deeply in the soul,
will surely find solace in these poems. -- Lourdes Maria Waters,
businesswoman, editor, painter, fashion artist, amateur singer
Charming and gallant, Robert’s words are
gut-wrenchingly honest and unavoidably familiar to all who have ever found
themselves at the mercy of such a love. The controlled recklessness with which
he shares his pilgrimage, although unsettling, is ultimately endearing. -- Pamela
Palmieri, cabaret and concert artist
These love poems of Robert Glover are the
records of an individual who has undergone the refining fire of suffering. The
results are similar to the precious metal left at the bottom of the crucible.
The reader is made richer by them. --Marlene Sampson, jazz singer and
educator
As the fellow programmer who
worked with Robert while 9/11 occurred,
I am profoundly touched by his sensitive perceptions of that day, and
of his resolute and romantic pursuit of his beloved Emma.
The sentiments you encounter in reading his poetry inspire you to
experience his yearning for love in all its manifest realities.
-- George Pohila, computer programmer, formerly Romanian civil engineer
Robert
strikes a chord with his poetry that is at once unsettling, humorous, and
genuinely touching... His poems are intensely personal, and yet they speak to
feelings that have a universal relevance. Most people have experienced these
feelings, if only fleetingly. Others long for the day when they will. -- Matt
Ritter, NYC music instructor and educational music journalist
A fearless poet, Robert Glover writes poetry
with abandon for a hero who bares his soul for his Beatrice. -- Ludmilla
Ilieva actress, singer
Love offered, but unrequited, wounds deeply,
but can be borne. Love not offered but suffered in silence and in vain, can be
our undoing and so destroy us. Robert's poems are a warning to us all to be bold
and preposterous, lest our pining become our ruin.
"A meditation on the nature
of obsessive love, by turns selfish and open-hearted, mawkish and splendid,
ridiculous and profound." -- Stephen Brennan, clown, director, drama teacher
Echoing Petrarchan motifs, Glover masterfully
weaves the quotidian with obsessive fantasy. At times he is witty, poignant,
disturbing and humorous, but never predictable. -- Tardo Hammer, NYC bebop
jazz pianist, accompanist, jazz educator (Editors note: Petrarch, 1304-1374,
was an Italian poet known chiefly for his sonnets and odes written to Laura, an
idealized lover)
With
Emma as a disappeared - idealized - lover, this book is actually a mirror that
reflects its author in all his obsession and heart-felt emotions. Although his
words and rarified humor are contemporary, Glover’s sentiment may yet belong
to a previous century - long ago
when romance and feelings were much more on display. Here the reader finds
moments of: beautifully simple verse; repetitive grief; bright stabs of humor;
and actualized torment. For all this we should be thankful to Robert Glover, who
has allowed the pulsations of his heart to be so open. Perhaps in the reading of
his journey, we can free ourselves to again allow for those penetrating feelings
that bring us embarrassingly close to love. These poems reveal the extremity of
feelings, which our hard-driven - compulsive and goal oriented - society has
frequently left behind. -- Dara Birnbaum, artist and independent video
producer, NYC
Like a novena of unrequited love, a mantra for a passion that can never be, Robert Glover's work makes fascinating use of repetition--and, just when it's least expected and most welcome, a delightful twinkle of humor. -- Clay Zambo, music director, music educator, composer, lyricist
Love Poems about Emma may be purchased at http://www.ybkpublishers.com