Elephants and Butterflies

"Elephants & Butterflies" combines the imaginative forays of "The Vandals" with the more meditative approach of "Love Song with Motor Vehicles," Both wild and calm, boisterous and quiet, the poems in "Elephants & Butterflies" use surprise, song, and startling metaphor while allowing the ideas to simmer just below the surface of the lyric. The poems manage the difficult task of being highly readable and accessible, while still containing complex philosophical and personal knowledge. Alan Michael Parker (www.amparker.com) teaches at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. He also teaches at Queens University, where he is core faculty in the low-residency MFA program.Parker, Alan Michael is the author of 'Elephants and Butterflies', published 2008 under ISBN 9781934414057 and ISBN 1934414050.