Locust and Other Poems
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Metaphors are ways of understanding the unfamiliar in terms of the familiar. And in a world that seems to be increasingly unfamiliar, disturbing, and perplexing.
Joel O’Connor offers us a provocative and powerful means of making sense out of the political chaos that has emerged as nations slide or leap into what appears to be a totalitarian and fascist future.
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Locusts provide the metaphorical lens through which we might see how mindless, mass mania can create a nightmarish world—particularly for any individuals that might wish to escape from, or even to defy, the swarm.
Jeffrey A. Lockwood
Professor of Natural Sciences & Humanities University of Wyoming
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I really like ‘Locust’. It feels like a step into a new dimension.
Jenny Graves
Distinguished Geneticist 86 Fellow Latrobe University
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Available directly from the author: RPP $20.00 plus P&P
Contact: joel@joeloconnor.net

