A Poetic Rhapsody of the Soul

A Poetic Rhapsody of the Soul is a vivid, surprising collection of poems from English professor and Army veteran Ron G. Roman. Moving effortlessly between free verse, rhyming couplets, haiku, and longer vignette pieces driven by dialogue, Roman assembles a mosaic of voices and moods — heartfelt, humorous, satirical, and philosophical. Each poem functions like an episode in a musical rhapsody: distinct, improvisational, and woven together by a shared hunger to understand what nourishes the human spirit.  Readers who appreciate emotional range and formal play will find much to love here. The anecdotes, some clearly drawn from lived experience and others imaginatively rendered, capture the everyday and the extraordinary with equal affection. Whether you’re a long-time poetry reader or someone curious about poems that speak plainly and warmly, A Poetic Rhapsody of the Soul offers an accessible, moving, and often laugh-out-loud exploration of our shared humanity.

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“Throughout this engaging and spirited poetry collection, English professor and Army veteran Ron Roman treats readers to a potpourri of poetic styles, ranging from free verse to rhyming couplets to haiku. His longer pieces take the form of vignettes (real or imagined), and in an entertaining departure from much of contemporary poetry, many of these anecdotes are driven by dialogue. Roman’s exploration of the meaning and purpose of our shared humanity — his nourishment for the “soul” of the book’s title — is alternately heartfelt, humorous, satirical, and philosophical. Taken as a whole, the poems in A Poetic Rhapsody of the Soul recapitulate the qualities of a musical rhapsody: separate yet integrated episodes, surprising contrasts in mood and tone, and an unmistakable sense of artful improvisation.”

— Stephen C. Pollock, author of the award-winning poetry collection Exits

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