The Transparent Hero
By James Forte
Author, poet, musician and sage now offers us a book of poetry that represents everything great poetry should be. The Transparent Hero is timeless, timely, graceful, enchanting and, most of all, meaningful. Mr. Forte’s words speak far more eloquently than any this reviewer can write, so let the following examples speak to you, as they did to me:
“So my Hero/You have fought/For Truth/And the Hero/Spoke not/But his burden/Was not hidden/One must be/A Soldier of Light/How/Asked the Hero/How/How does one love/When harming/Another’s body/How does one make war/And be/A quiet man.”
“And when evils/Drive/Another man’s soul/Is it our duty/To save him/None can save/Save God/But each man/Has free will/To make/Or mar/His future/The choice/Is each man’s/Heritage/So too/The results.”
“God/Does not/Torture us/Suffering comes/As we/Detach/From illusion/From attachment/To falsehood/First/From unnatural appetites/Next/From Nature itself/Then/Only/Life remains/And life/Is God.”
If you define success as fulfilling the opportunity to be all you can, then my friend, James Forte is indeed successful. The Transparent Hero outlines a path to truth, hope and divinity. And it does so with beauty and wisdom!
Senior Editor
Pertinent Info:
6 x 9, 26 PP, 2nd printing, 2004, Cost $20.00, ISBN 1-889560-08-1
Available from the publisher:
Wildflower Publishers
Box 1316
Arlington MA 02474
Available online: www.amazon.com
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