The Windswept Verses by Mark Kaplon

“Mark Kaplon’s The Windswept Verses beautifully brings Hawai‘i’s landscapes to life, capturing nature’s power and grace in vivid, memorable lines. We are thrilled to see his work, including the haunting ‘The Windswept Verses #9’ originally published by Tiny Seed Literary Journal, reach new audiences in this beautiful collection.”

–Laura Stone, Editor, Tiny Seed Literary Journal

“Mark Kaplon’s new chapbook The Windswept Verses chronicles a three-month sojourn through the glorious, green mountain countryside of East Maui.  Appearing to be taken from journal entries, the stanzas progress euphorically through the landscape, alive with such extraordinary beauty as he is fully present to notice.  Reminiscent in detail and rapturous state of mind, we learn about his light encounters with people in small villages, working the soil on a farm, presumably for food, but mostly the long green aloneness of the journey.  My heart awoke to the enormous joy and curiosity of his travels, so beautifully told.”

–Gail Entrekin, Editor, Canary: A Literary Journal of the Environmental Crisis