A Full Moon in Santa Cruz

Jonathan Hayes is a poet of the miracle of survival. Whether he is on the job as a poet, husband, ordinary man or a grocery clerk each moment of life brings with it metaphysical adventures. For in these poems you will find redemption and forgiveness in marriage, such as when the poet confesses to his wife, "I shit my boxers," and the expressed singular sorrow for a missing local girl. Poetry is often accused of being too arty and rarified for popular taste. Not so; for in these rough-hewn lyrics you will find raw life, tender love, horror, sorrow, and toil at the day job all set in a unique location on earth: Santa Cruz, California. For here in these poems you will find the beauty of ordinary life in all its vivid majesty. Richard Lopez @ Really Bad Movies.com