--DESMOND MORRIS

zoologist, surrealist painter and poet, author of "The Naked Ape"

"A rare coupling of the visual & the literary this eclectic & mysterious collection of images from Chris Vannoy & the romantic, witty & at times biting responses in verse by Gabriela Anaya Valdepeña make for a challenging & memorable ride. "

--ROGER APLON: latest collection Intimacies: prose poems & stories

TWENTY POEMS AGAINST LOVE AND A SONG FOR THE AIR

CHRIS VANNOY AND GABRIELA ANAYA VALDEPEÑA

POEMS INSPIRED BY THE DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF CHRIS VANNOY. ALL POEMS WRITTEN BY
GABRIELA ANAYA VALDEPEÑA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF "NERUDA", AND "ROAD TRAVELED", WRITTEN BY CHRIS VANNOY.

Special Thanks:

Andrés Zapata
David Strumsky
Douglas James Martin
Rudy Gonzales
Anna Zappoli Jenkins and Dan Adams

Preface by Douglas James Martin:

Everyone knows that words are not to be trusted, especially the words of a lover. That is why we pay them so much attention. But we still need to remind ourselves that photographs, too, are imaginary.

How, then, can a photograph be wedded to a poem? Like man and woman, they are complete in themselves, perfect expressions of their own circumference. They can never understand each other. They can never explain each other. But when words and glances are exchanged between them something happens, something ineffable, something that can never be taken back.

To buy this book, contact publisher at:
darknessvisiblebooks@yahoo.com