OF LLAMAS AND PIRANHAS - Tecno-Libro

Though the poems in this book take the reader on a South American journey from Chile to the Galapagos, it is not just another travel book. It&rsquo.s a personal invitation in the form of a poem a day to join the writer in strange and exotic places. The spectacular beauty of cascading water at the Iguassu Falls, a weather-beaten face in a Peruvian marketplace, the roasted guinea pig on the Last Supper table in Cusco Cathedral&rsquo.s altar picture &ndash. these were among the triggers for the daily poem. Of Llamas and Piranhas is an individual record of moments that became memories. &lsquo.Valerie Volk has an eye for the fine detail. The quirky insight is something her poet&rsquo.s eye latches on to and the result is poetry that is dazzling in its attention to the complexities of human nature and of nature itself. Volk delves into these complexities and uses them to craft fine poetry that lingers long after the book is closed.&rsquo. &ndash. Antonia Hildebrand (Editor, Polestar Writers&rs