Deliberate and Accidental Acts

by Thomas Zvi Wilson

Price 64 pages, $9.95 paper

ISBN 1-886157-10-3

This poet writes without claiming anything that isn't true, plain, and as honest as it gets. And--wonder of wonders in these days of self-indulgent wandering--he knows what a line is, its wonderful limitations. Thomas Zvi Wilson at his best is something to treasure. --Miller Williams

Thomas Zvi Wilson's poems are not for the faint-hearted. Blunt, at times shockingly so, these lean, precise poems meet life's adversities and absurdities head on, and the noise they make at impact is formidable. Wilson's eye is unwavering, and he offers up his compassion with a wry twist. Reading him, one can believe it is even at times delightful to carry on. --Jo McDougall

His poems neither deny subject matter in the name of style, nor abandon style in pursuit of experience. Here is a poet of ideas, of performance, of emotional power, in pursuit of the poem that will stick in the gut rather than slickly satisfy the momentarily fashionable. Cheers! --Dan Jaffe

Thomas Zvi Wilson is a painter and sculptor with 14 one-person exhibits to his credit. He moved to Kansas in his fifties and is married to Jeanie Wilson, an educator, poet and short story writer.