Critical Commentary
“What words could encompass and illuminate the poems in Lew Forester’s The Rooms Between? Courageous. Luminous. Intimate. As the title poem unfolds, the reader begins to see and sense what’s interwoven in this book-of-the-world-and-us—how we live in and between rooms, where “bodies speak the language of flesh / yet stumble and lean / toward the ineffable.” We live among vibrant colors, gleaming light and deep darkness, the inescapable hours of life, and binding threads of body and soul. From “Close of Day”: “Our bodies like candles have burned / in so many rooms” and “Let dawn assure us the light we are / is enough.” This striking collection is an intricate and resonant ecology of our fleeting time here.”
—Veronica Patterson, Colorado Book Award winner for Swan, What Shores?
“There are poems and passages you won’t forget. He has achieved true artistic success with this collection, a must read.”
—John P. (Jack) Kristofco, author of Shadows on the Fog
“A beautiful book of lyrical moving poems full of mysticism and divinity. The carefully crafted language allows the reader to join the poet on a journey of experience and wisdom. The poems burst with vivid imagery, narration, musicality, vision and hope. They show the rooms we pass through in this life and the light we partake in. A gorgeous collection by a talented poet.”
—Sheryl Luna, author of Pity the Drowned Horses
"Here's a poet at home with lyricism who knows what he's about, and not afraid to tackle the big questions: the nature of man and man's place in nature"
—Frank Coons, author of Counting in Dog Years
