The sonnet was meant to become a cup to the wine of love. These sonnets with rich, color photography are love songs inspired by the love of a lifetime and are written to resonate. "Sonnets from New England" sing that authentic love is at least one aspect of human experience, which makes life fully worth living, come what may. If the sonnet is a vessel for love, then share love songs from "Sonnets from New England" with someone whom you love. "A world of lovers pulsing, breathing, absorbing, secreting so passionately even angels are envious." - John H. Sibley, Author of "Being and Homelessness" "After reading a few lines you will experience deep and genuine love... This poetry is meant to be read aloud, savored and reread." - Virginia Marciano "One hears in these sonnets the sensibility of a contemporary avatar of Wallace Stevens... Lentz helps us find true north in ourselves. This is the most important connection art can make." - Eric Sonnenschein, Novelist, Author of "Ad Nomad" "The opening quatrain from 'Ireland'... No doubt, Mahon, or even Heaney, would have been pleased to pen those lines." - Gary W. Anderson, Author of "Best of All Possible Worlds" "A charming bouquet of sonnets... nice innovation." - Christopher Bernard, Poet "Beautiful, delightful, meaningful and more importantly bare truth expressed in writing with style." - Goodreads
Born in Woburn, Massachusetts, David B. Lentz graduated from Bates College and has written professionally for decades as an executive for global, financial corporations. He is a Member of the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Society of America, Connecticut Authors and Publishers Association, the Center for Fiction in New York and the Royal Society of Literature in London. Currently, he resides with his family in Greenwich, CT. In addition to "Sonnets from New England," Lentz has published six literary novels -- "For the Beauty of the Earth", "AmericA, Inc.", "Bloomsday", "Bourbon Street", "The Day Trader" and "The Silver King." He wrote a tragicomic stage play, as an American sequel to James Joyce's "Ulysses," entitled "Bloomsday," and has adapted his novel, "AmericA, Inc." for the stage. He has written a book of collected verse in "Old Greenwich Odes." He created a new literary theory for reviewing novels in his "Novel Criticism." Selected excerpts from his collection of literary works among his novels, stage plays and poetry are available in "Essential Lentz." He has served Bates College as an Alumnus-in-Admissions, the Board of Directors of the New Orleans Ad Club, the Philadelphia Mayor's Council for Literacy, Stamford-Greenwich Literacy Volunteers of America, Healing the Children (Board), Midnight Run for New York City Homeless, Hurricane Katrina JazzAid: New Orleans (Founder), Hope + Heroes Children's Cancer Foundation, St. Baldrick's Foundation for Children's Cancer Research and as a Volunteer in St. Paul's Chapel at Ground Zero.
