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Eadem mutata resurgo Jun 18, 2008
For some, Ad Astra per Aspera could function as a bungee cord that briefly pulls them back toward their misspent youth. This micro-brewed poetry should appeal to those who came of age in the eighties, saw that decade's defects and yet remain somehow indebted to it. The pages of Devlin's work are infused with a jaded innocence and an innocent jadedness which is out of step with the troubled tempo of today.
Who should read these postcards from the twentieth century? This book is medicine for weary seekers who want to recall what it was like to be young, talented and mockingly prodded by the question, "What the hell am I going to do with my life?"
Ad Astra per Aspera is a fragmentary hodgepodge, but the reflection of the author can be seen in its glittering shards of poetry---a young man playing with words as he comes to the realization that the world is playing with him. This book is unpolished and primitive. Some might be disappointed by it, but, then again, life disappoints many.
Paul Devlin is an ancient South American raft-builder who quietly tempts a Thor Heyerdahl to fathom his craftsmanship and follow the current of his ideas. This is the rough-hewn work of a smart young man.
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