Author Description

Ken Tomaro examines the unavoidable pitfalls of life (and death) through the glass darkly in his collection Potholes and Perogies, or as he says through his “scratched lenses” of reality.<br/><br/>In it he explores the concepts of life and love, being alone versus loneliness, illness and death, all with same grounded and matter of fact tone. And his straightforward, pull no punches style is both eye opening and refreshing.<br/><br/>His everyday observations serve as a reminder though the path to our final destination is dark and dotted with dangerous potholes, we do occasionally stumble across hidden treasures and simple pleasures that spur us onward.<br/><br/>His narratives and imagery are evocative and emotive, and even in his darkness one can sense a tiny spark of hope, and… “Sometimes a tiny spark is all it takes.”<br/><br/>Janice Mathis-<br/>Clouds in the Looking Glass<br/><br/>This is one hell of a good book of poems. The poems are darkly beautiful, edgy, depressed, angry at times -- and Ken brings that darkness to light without sugar coating or sentimentality - He's a truth-teller.<br/><br/>Robert Allen-<br/>Disjointed.<br/><br/>Ken's work explores life in a brutal yet compassionate light and is full of pleasant surprises that cause the reader to consider the effect of their most personal thoughts on their lives.<br/><br/>Rorisang Moerane,<br/>poet, short story and screenwriter