Tapping into poetry's oral wellspring, Gilliam has recited a selection of his works, recorded on a CD which accompanies the deluxe edition of Optics. The aural dimension renders the poems melodious, especially when repeated, and transforms language into something mystical and alive.
Have you ever wondered what mystical poetry would sound and feel like if written in our language, not translated, such as that of Rumi, or of St. John of the Cross, the Spanish Christian mystic and poet, or that of Basho, the Japanese Buddhist monk?
The answer is contained in www.PoeticProse.com, and the poetry offered through it.