Poetry Press Releases - July 2005
The Collected Poems
Robert Sward (pictured left) was born on the Jewish North Side of Chicago. His personality is a poetic mixture self-described as: "bar mitzvahed, sailor, amnesiac, university professor (Cornell, Iowa, Connecticut College), newspaper editor, food reviewer, father of five children, husband to four wives."
His writing career was stated by critic Virginia Lee as a "long and winding road."
In addition to poetry and fiction, he is producing multi-media collages" for the World Wide Web and works as an editorial consultant.
A Guggenheim Fellow, Villa Montalvo Literary Arts Award winner, and internet pioneer, Sward was among the first to embrace the medium as a viable venue for poetry and the oral tradition. Here, with 'My Rosy Cross Father,' he once again sets a new path for us to follow - to our delight.
Robert Bly says: "I like the wide sweep of it. There are many mysteries between father and son that people don't talk about .. There's much leaping, but each line, so to speak, steps firmly on something solid. The father comes through consistently, there's a lot of buoyancy, and the son is consistent and fine too."
Visit Robert's website for more information.