Scratch Pegasus

Poetry. "Stephen Kesseler's SCRATCH PEGASUS captures the poignancy of the human drama in poems as great as Ferlighetti's observing and honoring young lovers and aging poets recalling their youth. Amazing sonnets paint miniature portraits of iconic characters from his past while longer poems which themselves are music and art praise musicians and artists who have inspired him. 'Driving a Stake Through the Hearts of Beatnik Vampires' is one of the funniest poems I've ever read. Kesseler's poems offer vision after vision that empowers young poets and old poets to take flight."—Antler

"From the opening line, 'This dust has history,' to the exaltation of the title poem, SCRATCH PEGASUS has it all—lyricism, wit, intelligence, an open heart and a distinctive voice combined with the gift and ability to perform and deliver in a range of forms."—Robert Sward