Secret Equinox / Scorpio Journal

Spuyten Duyvil Press

ISBN 978-1-959556-60-2  | 182 pages | $20.00

Available: https://www.spuytenduyvil.net/secret-equinox_scorpio-journal.html

In his sixth full-length publication, poet Andrew K. Peterson folds cyclical and repeating composition practices in this adventurous tête-bêche double book. Scorpio Journal is composed during the titular zodiac sign’s governing dates, inspired by the Scorpio personality’s fascination with autumnal moodiness, directness, and joy. Secret Equinox pushes back against “The Springtime Industrial Complex” while anticipating and accepting change between Spring/Summer solstices. Peterson’s time-based journals attend to the daily ephemeral while reflecting a multi-versed sense lurking in deep rhythms of pattern-thought.

Scorpio Journal

Scorpio Journal is Andrew K. Peterson’s magickal, lyrical journey through the glorious rituals of the fall. These poems sweep the reader into the swirling sights and sounds of the beauty of the world as it journeys into winter. Peterson chronicles each day as he dreams them in waking hours and with a music and rhythm all his own – a cadence that mimics the slow march of fall into winter. What is the sound of one leaf falling? Who are the poetic lights of our secret history he honors and alludes to, as days shorten and darkness of December approaches? His experiences of the season are immediate; spontaneously written, yet refined and articulate in their pure celebration of the joys and the mysteries of Scorpio time. Andrew’s autumnal vision recalls the lyrics to a country song that stick in my mind, “Corn’s turned brown, leaves fall to the ground, it’s a sound that sticks like glue.” These poems stick in your mind as they fall to the ground. – Jim Dunn