John L. Stanizzi, author of High Tide-Ebb Tide, Chants, Sundowning, and many other titles.
Many of Landwehr's serious poems have a humorous side, and he sneaks some seriousness into the humorous ones while analyzing and poking some fun at parenting teens, reaching middle age, and the human condition. He is deft at alliteration and has mastered analogy. To wit: have you ever imagined the polar vortex as a "slumlord with a drinking problem," or described someone's voice as "a blend of bagpipes, fireworks and a locomotive pile up."?Well, Jim has. Read this book.
Ed Werstein, author of A Tar Pit to Dye In
Landwehr's DMV serves as symbol of suburban setbacks and the often backward tilt of what we call progress. The speakers in these poems swallow their frustration. The poet gives them voice.
Margaret Rozga, Wisconsin Poet Laureate, 2019-2020 author of four books including, Pestiferous Questions: A Life in Poems.
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