Light Comes Softly
A Collection of Poetry by Michael Escoubas
Publisher Description
Light Comes Softly contains 31 poems by Michael Escoubas. Also included is Michael’s essay, Why Do I Write, which was originally published on episteme.net.in
Michael Escoubas studied poetry and poetics for thirty years before writing for publication.
In 2013, after retiring from a 48-year career in the printing industry he joined the Illinois State Poetry Society. ISPS has been instrumental to his growth as a poet. Michael’s study of great poets has included but has not been limited to Wallace Stevens, Robert Frost, T. S. Eliot, and Emily Dickinson.
Among more contemporary poets, Etheree Taylor Armstrong, W.S. Merwin, Mary Oliver, Billy Collins and Wendell Berry, are among his favorites.
His poems consistently receive honors in competitions sponsored by ISPS as well as in similar competitions sponsored by the National Federation of State Poetry Societies (NFSPS).
Michael is contributing poet for Limited Magazine, a business-lifestyle publication produced and distributed in Bloomington, Illinois. His poems have appeared in The Avocet; Whispers On-line Poetry Journal; Quill and Parchment; and Your Daily Poem, among others.
