Sea-Room: Fragments of a Myth: Modern Poems on Ancient Themes by Charles Munoz, --Munoz wrote his new collection poems with economy, wit, and a sense of tragedy lightly borne. Poems of excitement and delight that explore the mysteries of life, ranging from twiddling basement bugs that destroy books, in "Wet Basement" ... to the treacherous Messenger of the Lord, in "The Bull and the Angel" ... to the thoughts of ancient Greek philosopher in a crashing airplane, in "Lockerbie" ... and even to the princess who rather wishes she hadn't married the frog. Easy to understand, the poems reverberate, below the surface, like echoes in the caves of the subconscious: poems to celebrate our love affair with life -- our journey through earth, air, fire, and water. This introspective book offers glimpses into the essence of being, first dissecting the myth we inherit when we are born into this "toady, warty world" and then integrating those fragments of existence into a satisfying whole. Divided into six chapters ("News from the Family Bible," "Air," "Earth," "Fire," "Water," and "Frogs, Clowns, and Old Friends"), the poems flow around the basic "elements" of our lives, bringing clarity, humor, and continuity to the seemingly jagged patterns we face each day. P, Book Number B01007. List price $16.95, your price $14.40 Go to top.