In these poems of taut clarity, craft, and texture, Michael Waters
continues his bold exploration of sensual pleasure and moral
transgression as means of affirming spiritual faith. Just as a joyride
suggests recklessness and exhilaration, so Celestial Joyride is an
energized journey marked by spiritual recklessness in the face of
perpetual mortality. Compelling, musical narratives offer rich meaning
and vivid consequence.
Michael Waters's poetry books include BOA Editions titles Gospel
Night, Darling Vulgarity, finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book
Prize; and Parthenopi, finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize. He
teaches at Monmouth University and in the Drew University MFA Program.