The Aesthetics of Breath by Charles G Lauder Jr. Half the Human Race we are magicians of the

we are magicians of the Alps –

21st-century medium feels revolutionary

The eight poems selected include several of his signature pieces from the late 1940s through the 1970s: “Countersong to Walt Whitman”

to becoming a poet

 Beloved delivers an accessible yet authentic modern rendering of the Persian originals

The Aesthetics of Breath by Charles G Lauder Jr. Half the Human Race we are magicians of theTheres an enviable gusto and assurance about this debut, the confident voicing of a distinctive sensibility that deserves our attention. Lauder has a keen ear for the musical and metrical possibilities of the well wrought line which well serves his deftly rendered lyric style. Particularly impressive are the domestic sequences and longer poems which hold both interest and momentum throughout: an achievement of poetic coherence and craft that can only