Michael Hart – författare

This book explores problems and issues that have emerged in national and international discussion of policies to address climate change. It concludes that every solution put forward by the UN and activists poses more problems than might ever emerge from the marginal human impact on natural climate change. Rather than mitigation, governments should focus on adaptation. As is, climate change discussions have become captive of a utopian agenda that is using climate change as a stalking horse to drive alarm in the hope that it will convince governments to act.

A Reliable Avenue is a book written in two stages. The first spanned February and March of 2000, when most poems were written, the second was in June of the same year, and resulted in 20 or so poems. It includes all seven poems that were published in my first chapbook ever, entitled Perpetual Mirages of Existence. Also, when I was completing the present book, I already had the cumulative experience of more than 400 poems and several poetry books behind me. Hence I felt my craft was relatively reliable. The poems in this book range from very personal to more detached poems of observation, or poems that touch on social philosophy. The example of the latter would be The Limits of Wisdom. I feel that a poet should not talk too much about his poetry books, but let them speak for themselves. So pick up this reliable creation of Michael Hart and feel and think with him.

Disturbingly Real was written just before my departure for Louisiana. Leaving an old familiar place is never easy. This mood of departure and sadness is found in this book. However, everything turns out fine eventually. And this may be the most disturbing thing of all. But who would not want to have this? Ultimately, I reject gloom and doomin poetry and in life. The book combines rhymed and blank verse. Every reader deserves to enjoy it. And those who know what it means to leave people and places that we are strongly attached to will appreciate and savor this book.

Among Possibilities was written in February and March of 2000. It is not uniform in mood. But the basic message, I think, is the same: reflection gives us reason to hope and abandon irrational fears. I am not an optimist by natureperhaps to my own detriment. But always anticipating bad things in a mood of gloom is self-destructive. I reflect on lifes ups and downsmostly downsand come to the conclusion that what matters, is that almost in any situation (perhaps even almost is just a pessimists cautious crutch) good possibilities are present. The promise of better things to come is always there, in some sense.

The book is in rhymed verse. I am a traditionalist that way. Among Possibilities, like the rest of my poetry, places content above style and linguistic innovations. However, the style is bolder than my first poetry book. The range of subjects is not very great. I intentionally selected only those poems for this book that are quite personal. Therein lies a uniqueness of Among Possibilities: while reading this book, you may catch me now strolling, now hobbling, now running through its pages, wearing my heart of a sleeve.

This book is about love. Millions of books have been written on the subject, in verse and in prose, since writing was invented. This book is different. Here love comes in close contact with other strong emotionsit is the context, the background that are different. Love exists side by side with insecurity, suspicion, and uncertainty. Love hesitates and misses its chance. Love is here intertwined together with emotions that make up the whole of a mans destiny. And with all this, the book stands as an entertaining and thoughtful read.

This book was written in Shreveport, Louisiana. Just like with every other book, I wrote only what I felt. I hate pretension and posturing.