Nine Volt Nirvana, Poems by Dane Cervine

Nine Volt Nirvana takes the reader on a subtle journey through landscapes both existential and noetic. Deftly juxtaposing a Zen tradition rooted in doubt with the joys of ordinary moments, he also journeys through India before landing, like any good poet-pilgrim, at home again in the given world.

Sample Poems by Dane Cervine

“Dane has a talent for opposites…like a buzzard tearing at meat, he relishes every moment.”—Lola Haskins

“It is really the passion and precision…that earns my full attention.”  —Tony Hoagland

“He has a fine sense both of language and the interconnectedness of human lives that for me is at the heart of poetry.”—Adrienne Rich

“Deliciously full of joy, insight, and awe.”—Ellen Bass

“What he has to say about the immediate world that surrounds us every day is important, and he has the craft, concision, and insight to say it well…its embedded ironies and transformations reveal the spiritual contained within it, and within us.” —Christopher Buckley

“Cervine’s deft juxtaposition of mystery and the ordinary renders poems of satisfying paradox and surprising insight that are gratifying to read and read again.” —Sally Ashton