Author Description

Ryk McIntyre has been taking poetry fans through dark, witty, often hysterical doors for multiple decades, and now, with his new book, Ryk has opened them all and is shining his light in every corner. In, The Man at the Door: New & Collected Poems, Ryk McIntyre looks back on lost love, and what it's like to look for love in your 50's. His poems reveal the uncertainty of living with disabilities, talk honestly about sobriety, and he personifies creatures of the night. Ryk frightens his daughter's first date, says no to whatever it is this guy is selling, and thanks God none of it has killed him yet. He is learning to move forward while still holding his place. In these poems Ryk is a self-reflective Sage staring down life's next turns, his body is failing him, but he has lived hard enough to stay up-right.