Audience Impressions: How Do How Do The Lovely Thing

S Brian Adam

The Author Of How Do How Do The Lovely Thing

What follow are audience impressions of the poem How Do How Do The Lovely Thing as performed by S Brian Adam and his then wife Brenda Ganam.

“As with life, we never quite
understand. We come back to it again,
and again, and again.”Max Granick
Spiritual Master 


“His work will stun you.”Howard Schoenfeld Historian and Author


 “Comparable only to the Mahabharata .
. .so much there in the totality that
individual criticism would be like sniping

at a mountain. . . a gift of freedom. . .”John Kliphan
Poet
 
“A joyous affirmation of the human spirit
and a celebration of life itself.”Nawal Karam
Professor of
Comparative Literature
 

“What becomes evident when taking in
a page or a line or a word is the beauty
of each separately, or in near or distant
relationship to its neighbor, beauty not
often perceived when doing our usual reading.”Lloyd Mitchell
Musician

 
“These are mysterious poems, following
the governing rules of truly experiential
poetry. . .”
Jared Smith
Poet

“Brian Adam’s work transcends time,
space and culture. He writes for all of
us. He writes for humanity. In his
poems I can hear the echoes of our
collective heartbeat.”Dr. Shazad Rizvi
Professor of
International Politics
 

“A syntax-less rhapsody in search of a divine 
syntax, this epic is a Sufi trembling over the abyss

of silence. It seeks to say those unsayings which
long lulled those poets of Sufi illumination like Niffari, 
Bistami and Ibn ’Arabi. Only an elliptical listening
to its brilliant hush can undo what it is 
constantly doing in secret.”Abed Ishmael
Sufi Scholar
 
“. . . an overwhelming and permeating work, a
triumphant marriage of religion and art. . . a cataract
of sensuous and visionary joy. . .a thunderous
refutation of reactionaries in both
camps.”Donald Phelps
Literary Critic
 

“Its not something you can
comprehend in just one reading – it’s
too stimulating – like taking Joyce
a few steps forward. The work is
rhythmic – you can feel the rhythm.”Sabina
Law Student
 

“Pure like Rilke’s rose. . . words
passing into the language of space. . .
he invents and develops an
iconography of immanent
disaggregations set in an historical
present. . . visual in its intensity.”Robert Stock
Journalist & Art Critic
 

“It’s like making love with voices.”Joel Spiegelman
Poet & Teacher
 

“Thanks. . . delicate and delicious to
the soul. . .so were your words,
motions, expressions. Fine words
penetrate and stroke the human spirit,
from hearts stretched thin like fine gold,
offering sweet, sweet music. Timing
and tempo, sweet pauses, hesitation
. . . the whisper of breathing followed
by the breath of lifegiving emanations
, , ,thank you both for giving. . .and
for being.”Robert J. Bonsignore
Poet & Journalist
 

“Like sitting under the volcano and
hearing, finally, the difference between
the chatter of the living and the voices
of the dead.”Louis Werner
Writer & Film Maker
 

“What a life! Poet, painter, sculptor. . .
not a cliché in it.”Sylvia Stone
Sculptress
 

“Mommy! Mommy! I didn’t understand a
single word [in English]. . .but I really,
really felt something!”Genevieve Borel
Four-year-old Parisienne
 

“You really have something special. . .
You can communicate without saying a word.”Leonore Tucker
Bookstore Manager & Poet
 

“There’s something in it that I cannot
pinpoint, like a picture going through my
mind. It’s inexplicable. . .you’re just
attracted to it. . .it takes you on a trip
to somewhere. . .but where?Jahanban Shahab
Persian Journalist & Publisher 


“You know when God speaks to you
. . .when someone speaks to you and you
know someone is speaking to you?
Well, your work is a vessel and you are
messengers. There are messengers in this
poem for everyone.”Roslyn Rabin Literary Editor & Poet
 

“The musical experience is more than words. 
The sound is electrifying, and in combination
with the bells, drum, and rainstick, creates
an almost intergalactic experience. Sound and
word lose their sense of gravity and become liberated
to radiate in new and exciting ways. The body is flooded with the sound. I felt that I was part of a nonphysical
experience.”Ricki Stuart
Poet, Photographer & Museum Docent 

“This is a fable in rutilant metaphors. . .
metaphysical and absurd, replete with
unexpected transpositions from positive
to negative space, from concrete to
abstract and back again.”T. Hashizume
Japanese Scholar
 

“The experience, like a river, is primordial. It transports you.”Stephanie Lariviere
Apitherapist & Metaphysician
 

“The first words that came to my mind
after this spiritual event: ‘the various
units that make up our lives are
irrelevant to the REALITY that we are’.
Our society is in a very negative place right now.

Your work is important because it acts as a balancing force.”Mildred Furiya
Teacher