Michael Aaron Casares
Love, loss and hope drift among the ghosts confronted or sought for in “Ghost Roads”. Poignant and reflective, this collection is a study in memory and desire, acceptance of love’s pleasures and sorrows, and a stepping back to assess the measures of each.
Casares explores a variety of forms, formatting and styles, from traditional to edgy as he addresses the insecurities and insights we gain through life’s constant struggle towards self while trying to balance our needs for intimacy with others of like history or mind.
In Ghost Roads, Casares deals with mortality, isolation, deep loss, despair and insecurity, but these poems also step out of the shadows to view passion, our connection with nature, the universe and each other.
While many of the poems are personal, Casares use of metaphor and imagery is disarming, driving the reader to draw his own conclusions.
“Moonwalk amidst the magarite feathers” from My Punishment and
“They fell before him like planks;lLike the extinction of clowns-“ from Big Red Shoes
are just a few of the examples of the poems to step out of the realm of reality and enter a more dreamlike state where the imagination is allowed to run free, coming to more universal conclusions.
-- Gail Gray
