The Moira Cycle: Surviving the Last Poems

By Geoff Peterson

Is its meaning Margot, Moira, Mother, or the mileage between lovers? Zeus the lightning thrower has advised his son of no fame to publish twenty books/of praiseworthy poems/ before getting back to him

Now in Geoff Petersons latest, an aging Adonis is challenged by an on-again/off-again affair in his annual cycle of four months in transit, four months of frolic with his beloved, and four months of grief and self-appraisal.

In the country of Sex & Death, the poets dilemma remains the age-old riddle: how to occupy two planes of existence at once without upsetting the table. In Moira, everythings a sign pointing to the goddess. In the words of the oracle, A man cannot help who he loves. Moira reminds us that to fall in love is to catch the red-eye to the Land of Shadows.

Peterson is a sensitive with a keen eye for commitment to place, and his Moira Cycle a challenge and not for the faint of heart. Andy Vinca

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Nov 23, 2015
• ISBN: 9781504962995

Geoff Peterson

Born just after World War II, Peterson inherited his mother's nervous system and went on to memorize and perform poetry in a lyric vein for family and card parties. Raised Catholic, the boy learned the value of dreams, visions, and the soothing aspects of prayer in unison. He later earned degrees in Literature and Writing at Eastern Washington University, and served as poetry editor for Willow Springs Magazine. With the publication of his first novel in 1989, Peterson turned his back on mainstream publishing and has not looked back. Since 2007 he has published nearly thirty books of poetry and fiction. He lives in the Southwest and still gets around.

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Published by AuthorHouse 11/21/2015

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Contents

Dedicated

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22. Mnemosyne

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81. Coming Attractions

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Back Story

Acknowledgments

About the author

Reader comments for The Moira Cycle:

Yesterday on the BBC I heard a Syrian refugee newly arrived on the Isle of Lesbos announce emphatically that she was tired and wet. You see, there is no end to goddesses washing ashore in the empyrean. As for The Moira Cycle, think of it as an invitation to consider more deeply your own life. I find Peterson’s pain-filled de-construction of the world allows me to see my own past and future in a new light.

—Andy