“These poems shine with a Taoist sensibility and the wisdom and simplicity of self. John Brandi, as a traveler throughout Asia and the Americas, gives us the artist’s heightened sensitivity and clarit
"Delicate, gracious, and eloquent, Brandi's poems reveal that he remains an extraordinary profound poet of prayer and praise."?David St. John"A subtly crafted compendium of geophysical/metaphysical pe
These poems move out from the Southwestern desert to use the world as a locale for exploration and expression, from Mexico, Alaska, and San Francisco, to Benares, India and also the New Mexico State P
In its lyricism and rich detail, this collection of sixteen meditations is very much in the tradition of Joseph Wood Krutch's The Desert Year. In the author's knowing hands, the desert landscape of th
"The poems in John Brandi's new collection, The Great Unrest, illuminate a lifetime of travels—southern Italy, Crete, India, China, Alaska, the Caribbean—as well as the intimate landscape of New Mexic
Poetry. From the afterword: "As poets, we found Cuba's contradictions, juxtapositions, mystery and sensuality provocative and inviting. Traveling family-to-family across the island, our psyches and ou
The Unswept Path offers a diverse gathering of American poets who have chosen the haiku as one of the forms in which they write. Each of these poets has worked the territory of the haiku into a perso
"Shiki's distinctive vision and direct expression make a tone recognizably his own, conveyed beautifully in these pages' translations. We hear Shiki's haiku as the voice of a friend bringing complex n
The much anticipated second edition of the U.S. Customs Practitioner Guide lays out the framework of U.S. customs law, and addresses topics areas of interest for all importers, namely compliance, enf