"Award winning novelist, Roland Verfaillie, displays his range of literary talent in his Collected Poems. Mr. Verfaillie, once more examines the complex questions concerning man's relationship with post-modern society. Missing is the humor typically associated with the novelist's work.However, his poetry provides a rare and refreshing glimpse into the author's serious side. The themes of his poetic works resonate with every man and woman's search for meaning, and the choices and sacrifices each must make to achieve it. Kudos for a masterpiece of new American poetry."

Roland Verfaillie is a popular author of humor. His irreverent style tackles the trends which arise within America's popular culture. He dares to vilify dance when popular culture idolizes it. His observations of patrons at a popular Florida bar - where no one could dance worth a damn - has jaded him, and now he's now trying to ruin dance for the rest of us.

This is the second volume of The Collected Poems of Roland Verfaillie. Mr. Verfaillie is a novelist who displays his range of talent in his two recently published works of poetry. He is heralded as one of the most innovative modern poets. His second edition of poems, "Waking up in Dreams," is ground-breaking in its power and scope for bringing the human condition into focus in these uncertain times.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.