Combining elements that are essential for a poet -
political and spiritual activism, while having studied
subtle Buddhist theory along side Imagist technique,
objectivist poetry, surrealism, people's poetry movements,
familiar with international poetry, classical forms,
especially with sonnet and haiku, student and personal
acquaintence with a good deal of contemporaries, Anne
Waldman, Robert Creeley, myself, others in Boulder, New
Jersey, New York, New England wait for this book.

        Joe has a somewhat quixotic mind, as almost all New
Jersey poets do.  Another reason why I like his
cheerfulness is because it is filtered through my own New
Jersey habitat.  And there are a lot of good poets coming
out of New Jersey this generation.

        These poems trace the development of a young poet.
Given the tradition he is from, a kind of humility and
frankness have resulted, at the same time tender, which is
what Walt Whitman asked from American poets.