
A Poet’s Labyrinth
By Remo Perini
A Labyrinth is a geometric shape that symbolizes human creativity and is often used to represent a journey. Following quickly on the heels of his debut book of poetry, Evens and Beginnings, A Collection of Odds and Ends, A Poet’s Labyrinth has been a journey of creativity, written and composed in locations spanning the globe in concert with the author’s inner journey. The written word, as an art form, connects well with imagery and both combine to tell the tale of an inner journey, still in progress.

Evens and Beginnings, a Collection of Odds and Ends
By Remo Perini
Illustrated, August 2022. 45 pages. Full color. Thirty-three and one-third 33 1/3 poems. Free verse, lilting rhyming verse, epistolary verse, this collection is a collage of poetic happenings and styles, just as the title suggests. The sentiments express life in its fullness, spanning the wide panorama of emotions from pure joy to heart-breaking sadness, from love to disappointment and disillusionment. The poems are pure, raw, and sometimes harsh, reflecting life in its fullness.

HA! Humanity’s Absurdities
By Remo Perini
HA! Humanity’s Absurdities is a fictional encyclopedia of absolutely ridiculous nonsense with no intent whatsoever except to make a reader have a good laugh or two, a chuckle or twenty, countless smirks, and maybe even one or more ROTLs. Most of what Perini breaks down into each of the book’s many parts is a complete fabrication or warping of dubious facts. For example, there was no 600lb Duchess of Cambridge, a police officer will still give you a ticket if you hang walnuts on your rear-view mirror, wearing underwear on the outside of your pants is not in fashion, and nobody will pay you just for saying the word, Basil. You will be in stitches with the offbeat humor especially if you fall out of your chair laughing and cut yourself HA! is a haphazardly constructed mish-mash of bits and pieces of fragments and snippets, some of which may contain humor and/or silliness, but rarely both simultaneously. This Volume VI has no previous volumes. We hope there will be a Volume VII. HA! is a comedy masterpiece and recommended for anybody that likes falling out of their chair laughing or wearing a hat while baking sugar cookies in the bathtub.

Eustice & The Christmas Swim
By Remo Perini
Eustace and the Christmas Swim: Remo Perini and Martyn Thrussell’s picture book, Eustace and the Christmas Swim, is a heartwarming story about the true meaning of Christmas. The plot follows Eustace’s determination to make things right for his community and to un-freeze the frozen lake so he can swim. The tale will encourage young readers to let their imaginations soar, as Eustace did, and not to give up. It also encourages young readers to think of others first and to work toward positive community efforts. The language is simple and appealing to young readers. Dialogue passages written in lyrical rhyming verse, make it stand out. I love the line: “And what to their waterlogged eyes did appear, but a fascinating fellow in a red swimsuit.” Sounds a little like a line from the classic “’Twas the Night Before Christmas.”