Joseph S Perna

The Streets of Benares My Love: Poems from India and Nepal Joseph S Perna

Publisher Marketing: "Seek and ye shall find." So it is with this poetic journey- quest book called "The Streets of Benares My Love." Following in the footsteps of the poet-wisdom seeker, the reader will take a spiritual, romantic, and intellectual passage through mystical India, the subcontinent of the Soul. Then, letting the spirit soar, travel further on still, up, on a transcendent climb to the inscrutable mountains of the Mind in Nepal, near the very roof of the world. For lovers, deep thinkers, and spiritual seekers alike, and anyone interested in the depths of the human heart, the heights of the human mind, and the unfathomable mysteries of the Soul, "The Streets of Benares My Love" is the poetry of the ancient and eternal quest for Love, God, and Truth. Poetry devotees are sure to find delight in this literary outpouring encompassing the vast range of religious and philosophical experience found on the Indian subcontinent. For in this poetic epitome of the spiritual odyssey, Mankind's deepest longings and highest aspirations are most beautifully expressed. At times using ancient source materials and verse forms, the author has combined them with his own various, contrasting and thoroughly American 21st century invention. In so doing, Joseph S. Perna has created in "The Streets of Benares My Love" a highly original and unique masterpiece. A classic for the ages.