PhilipButera

 Following are some Quotes about Philip Butera's work:  “Philip Butera never fails to stun his many readers. Falls from Grace, Favor and High Places is no exception.  His brilliance makes this the book that lingers on the desk or coffee table, teasing the reader with “just once more.”  Each reading offers more to ingest and digest.  His knowledge of the classics and the skillful manner that he weaves them into modern storylines is impressive in various poetic forms.  He is fluent in romance without a catalog of butterflies and rainbows. Instead, he cuts precisely into the meat of loving and loss. “There is little unsaid. Philip sees no reason to cauterize the true nature of relationships gone awry but maintains that memory seldom serves as a salve.  This book is a testament to the fact that poetry walks, runs, and gallops through our lives and is intrinsic to our truly grasping the entirety of human existence.   “When Philip Butera and Lorna Thomson write together, their juxtaposit