Mike Puican : part five

When you require renewal, is there a particular author that you return to? 

Whenever I feel stuck, I turn to Albert Goldbarth. Reading his work makes me realize that anything is possible. He has the incredible ability to mix small, mundane elements of people’s lives, honest reflections of his personal struggles, and big ideas of philosophy, religion, or science into a single poem. He does it in an easy conversational style that never seems forced. His big-hearted poetry often comments on the shared challenges and experiences we face as humans without a drop of sentimentality. It has been said that Goldbarth can make a metaphor out of anything. His work is a door that opens to show me all that writing can achieve.