The Magic Craft: Vignettes in Verse

To say that poetry is a magic craft shall ring of truth despite any contentious remarks by those critical of the classical form or, indeed, poetry in general. A craft it is, no doubt, yet magic surely flows throughout the rhythm of the rhyme and, if properly written, it will cast its own mysterious spell upon the reader - to enthrall and enchant, or bewitch and beguile, as the lines and the verses unfold. Bearing this in mind we have enabled 'The Magic Craft' to conjure an atmosphere of mysticism and mystery and hold the reader, at least during those more inspired moments, utterly spellbound!

However, mesmerizing as this may be, there is another (higher) level behind the craft of magic where illusion and fantasy do not play a significant role but where all creation is granted equal recognition along with the underlying cause which precipitated it in the beginning. In other words the agent that made it happen. An aspect of the cosmic creator might we say? Of that supernatural spirit which occupies everything it formed yet is known only to those enlightened enough to deeply ponder such things and find but one solution fits all. (Therein lies the magic, therein the truth.)

And there, indeed, is the incorruptible, immortal reason for this universal state of being in which every part participates, be it near or far, great or small. And which we have explored in our own unique, if limited, way aboard 'The Magic Craft'. Through five parts (or cantos) encompassing 105 poems and written in the classical style.