In our short, uncertain, sometimes dark, sometimes luminary time here, life is a great adventure, not in learning to encourage, but in bringing encouragement to the world innately from within the soul and being able to see with eyes that perceive magic in and weave magic from the pain, loss, love, experience, and the mundane. Michael L. Ciavarella's poetic artistry is easy to read yet deeply insightful, gleaning truths from the annals of the everyday. He finds humor in the hurting and light in the darkness. It causes the reader to see one's own face in the mirror, reflected back a little more colorfully and perceptively than before, with the relatable visions his imagination conjures and observes through the encouraging, ever-uplifted eyes poring over this landscape of existence we think we know and seeing as he sees the bright, teaching adventure his spirit endearingly terms The Long Yellow Afternoon. Sharon Rose Cappella Join The Revolution - www.rev-press.com