The scariest sentence in the English language is brief, threatening, and hopeful. It is deceptive, simple, and as common as water: anything is possible. This second collection by Steve Scafidi is haunted by the possible and ""the bells of the verb to be"" that ""ring-a-ding-ding calling us / to the holy dark of this first / warm night of Spring."" When anything is possible, Scafidi finds, horror is as likely as delight. In poems both meditative and defiant he mourns the eventual loss of all that we love and finds consolation, wherever possible, in the rhythm of common words and ""the sacred guesswork"" of the imagination. Here is the dangerous world we all have in common. Here is a brief and hopeful book. Steve Scafidi is the author of the poetry collection Sparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer, winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize. His poem ""The Egg Suckers"" received the 2005 James Boatwright Prize from Shenandoah literary magazine. He is a cabinetmaker and lives with his family in Summit Point, West Virginia.""Steve Scafidis poem The Egg Suckers made me laugh, fidget, and ponder my own path through this omnivorous world. It reminds us that things are constantly happening beneath our very feet, that a secret history is being forged that well never read about in the newspapers. Like Theodore Roethke, Scafidi describes a nature that is at least as nasty as it is nice and then lets us know that - oops! - were on the menu, too. Re-reading The Egg Suckers, I laughed again. And then I made breakfast."" - David Kirby
P>Review Steve Scafidis The Cabinetmakers Window is poetry at its finest. These poems demonstrate one poets great and essential urgency to create beauty out of the raw materials of existence. Scafidi is a maker in two ways. he is not only a cabinetmaker who writes poems, but is also a poet who labors with his hands. this rare combination of the physical and spiritual yields a poetry that is as energetic as it is high-minded. Whether he is writing of family, the place called home, or human labor, Scafidi is a fearless advocate of lifes mystery and promise. --The JournalAs a whole, Scafidis The Cabinetmakers Window bears witness to the infinite possibilities of the beauty that result when lyric intensity is wedded to flawless craftsmanship. Life and death, the individual and the community, history and eternity all all within our reach in the poems of Steve Scafidi. His pen is a chisel creating beauty out of the wood of the imagination. The Cabinetmakers Window is his labor of love. --The Journal About the Author: Steve Scafidi is the author of the poetry collection Sparks from a Nine-Pound Hammer, winner of the Larry Levis Reading Prize. His poem ""The Egg Suckers"" received the 2005 James Boatwright Prize from Shenandoah literary magazine. He is a cabinetmaker and lives with his family in Summit Point, West Virginia.- We ship across Australia, including major cities like: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane, Adelaide, Canberra, Newcastle and the Gold Coast