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“Singer, fruit picker, behind his father, walking music thru desert sunrise.” Through images and color, the spiritual and the philosophical, the poetry of Joe Montaño III connects the reader to the natural world and to his own cultural past. His words strive to surpass the average daily dialogue and bring light to the breadth of human fallacy – the scope of which can compel a compassionate soul to speak with the conviction of punk and DIY principles and through the filter of profound abstraction. “There oughta-be-a burn down the town anthem stuttered by the tongues of youth, those failures waiting for sunrise so to daydream.” Through a universal lens, the poet seeks to create art that not only endures, but moves and travels with the reader. A personal truth, Joe Montaño’s words reflect the reality of humanity in surrealistic detail. To identify with these poems is to walk a brambled path - conceding ego, confessing fault - and also illumed by the thought of the inherent golden core to which we can all aspire. “The sun has called him a murderer, and punishes his skin and eyes…taking his god away while shading the poet, the dandy rebel, and the lovers like naked gypsies bathing in the light.”
Paperback
Format: 6 x 9 Black & White Paperback, 89 pages
Publisher: Outskirts Press (Feb 11, 2016)
ISBN10: 1478771755
ISBN13: 9781478771753
Genre: POETRY / General
Joe Montano III is a poet & artist who has called home many places, including the U.S., Central America & Europe. In addition to poetry, Joe has unapologetic nerdy interests in art, music, books, film & travel. Much inspiration comes from writers like Carver, Breton, Levertov & Kaufman, but is most importantly found in the Earth, Life & Humanity. His art reflects his Hispanic heritage through Mexican motifs, Mary as sacred feminine & in poetic depictions of his colorful family members. He is the co-founder of Balboa Poet House, a poetry event production company and small-scale printing press. He is currently working on his second book California Prayer and Other Poems. 
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