Nomadic Devotion
Subtitle: A Contemplative Inquiry into the Poetics of Place
Edition: First Trade Paperback Edition December 2016
Publisher: Nomadic Devotion Books
Published: First printing December 2016; Second Printing April 2017; Third Printing October 2017
Place of publication: Winter Park, Florida
Format: Trade Paperback
Number of pages: 60
ISBN-13: 9780997184709
Copyright date: 2016
First sentence: The prose poems collected in this book are a distillation of my many years of wandering North America while developing a contemplative lens focused on the poetics of place.
Description: The prose poems, or vignettes, within this book, which are divided into six locational groupings, reveal that deep inquiry into the poetics of place can have a profound effect on our art, psyches, souls, interpersonal relationships, communities, and ultimately our cosmologies. When read together, these writings take the reader on a journey throughout various seasonal locales in North America, awakening us to the shamanic powers of place, and our entire environment’s trans-formative effects upon us. 

In addition, the author includes two contemplative essays on the poetics of place. One utilizes religious, philosophical, and sociological nuances to holistically explore the topic. The second self-reflects on the various locational groupings and their evolutionary lessons. Nomadic Devotion takes the deep study of locality, and through its contemplative poetic lens, renders it approachable to anyone with an interest in the poetics of place. 

This book was published by Nomadic Devotion Books and printed in the U.S.A. on recycled paper with plant-based inks.
Table of contents: title: Prologue; title: Part One - Northeast Autumnal Notes; title: Part Two - Southern Spirituals; title: Part Three - Summer Elegies from the Downeast Coast of Maine; title: Part Four - The Wyoming Poems; title: Part Five - Northwest Draughts; title: Part Six - The Earthquake Shaman Poems; title: Epilogue