Lapping water is a book caught in the undertow. Dan J. Flore III wrote these poems because had no other choice, he had to, to survive. Life was on fire, and he had to open the floodgates of these poems to try to get it under control. The emotions that came out immersed him in a riptide that left him gasping...and will do the same to you when you read them. "...Lapping Water, presents the voice of that quiet, nature-attuned man who observes without judging his own changes and the changes of those closest to him. These are unassuming and personal poems that do not partake of the ironic, subversive, rootless postmodern, but instead look to romanticism, imagism, and even further back, to the timelessness and transparency of such emotive lyrical poets as Po Chu'i and Tao Ch'ien a thousand and more years ago" - New York Times bestselling author-Pamela O'Shaughnessy, Triggerfish Literary Review, Issue 10, November 2012. "Poets like Flore, when we have the great fortune to cross their paths in verse - remind us that we aren't alone in our struggles and experiences in matters of the heart, the folds of memory, in the grip of our loss - and our silent prayers and meditations alongside our spiritual quests. His newly released poetry book, Lapping Water, is filled with the echos of a soul that speak not only for himself - but for many." -Allehsya Hawk; latenightpoetsblog ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dan Flore's poems have appeared in various online and print publications such as Many Mountains Moving, Eunoia Review, Short, Fast, and Deadly, Lyrical Passion Poetry E-zine, Victorian Violet Press, Red Lightbulbs Magazine, Long Story Short, Ceremony, Triggerfish Critical Review, and Quantum Poetry Magazine. He has read his poetry throughout Pennsylvania and teaches the writing of poetry as a recovery tool to those coping with mental illness. He was awarded the Florence Kerrigen memorial scholarship to the Philadelphia Writers' Conference. Flore's poetry has been favorably reviewed and most recently, his poetry collection, When in Roam, was published by Sick Lit Magazine. His daily poetry series, The arrows on the clock are pointing at me, is one of the most popular series on Channillo.com.