Description: Actualities IV/V: Comic Earth introduces the elements "earth" and "metal" into the song, where they join "water", "fire", and "wood" from the first two books, the better to chant consciousness' relationship to matter. Quotation, lyric, and the unnamable do not seek closure here, but do dig deeper.
Brief description: Leonard Schwartz is the author of numerous books of poetry, including most recently, Heavy Sublimation (Talisman House) and Salamander: A Bestiary (Chax Press). He splits his time between Washington State and NYC.