For years, Kykosa has relied on words invented by sages over the millennia to fertilize his mind and to encourage reflection on the precious gift of life. In this, his second collection of verse, Kykosa draws insight from ancient wisdom traditions to help other find new ways to come to terms with life’s challenges, to attune themselves to life’s creative purpose, and to unveil life’s mysteries.
Kykosa uses proverbs, the most deeply resonant verbal symbols, to serve as the substructures of his poetry, presented in five sections. While introducing an old verbal art, Kykosa shares poems that exemplify and demonstrate how he has gained the gifts of wisdom, why we are children of the earth and stars, how he has satisfied his hunger for wisdom, how he shuns becoming slave to the marketplace, how he has harmonized his life to embrace positive energy, and finally how he has learned to deal with foolishness and oust the social toxins that poison in most cultures.
