The Millennial Pedestrian

About the Book

In these compelling, conversational poems, John Schenck takes you to familiar places, then shows them to you in an entirely new way. As he guides you from the Great Lawn in New York's Central Park to a carpet-seller's shop in Cappadocia, Schenck will show you how to see, hear and simply notice the world with fresh eyes and ears.

The Millennial Pedestrian is more than a travelogue in verse. Memory, regret and moments of joy mingle in poems about love, death and the relentless passage of time. Friendship is celebrated, love honored, and sadness given its inevitable due.

In every poem, the poet's voice is clear, friendly and direct, sharing a story with you that's as much yours as it is his. These are poems to enjoy in your own quiet moments. But you will want to read them aloud to someone else, so the poet's voice can speak through you.

About the Author

John Schenck was born in 1943 in Mt. Kisco, NY. It was not until 1997 that he came to verse when he enrolled in his college classmate William Matthews?s graduate poetry workshop at City College in New York City. Since then he has worked on his poetry with Judith Baumel, Molly Peacock, Kate Light, Phillis Levin and Charles Martin.

?Many of these poems are about walking around in New York and a few other places,? says Schenck, ?but they?re mainly about walking around in your own mind and paying attention to what you find there?in memory and in the way you respond when your surroundings speak to you.?

?Poetry is a way of taking notes?of noticing. And then of choosing your words as carefully as you can to describe what you?ve seen and heard.?

During the daytime, Schenck works as a copywriter and creative director in magazine publishing.