Ex-mortician and two time National Haiku Champion Janaka Stucky writes fifty-four poems of heartbreak, ritual, and resurrection.

Stucky’s verse has the power of the best East European poets-some of his poems seem to be perfect, magnificent, and instantly anthologizable. He is a forceful, cogent, incisive phrase-maker. -Bill Knott

The yearning in these poems is awash in dense, spiritual sexuality buffeted by time and the mishandling of promises and breakable bonds. -apt

The Truth Is We Are Perfect is fifty-four lyrics of a man who discovered love for his own destruction. It is a heartbreak that brings re-creation. Passion, vulnerability, and strength are revealed as Janaka Stucky journeys into nothingness and, consequently, into awareness. His style of minimalism and occult sensibilities make for a different sense of word that manifests his inner change. Consider these lines from The Art of Loss is a Lost Art : Because I love a burning thing / I made my heart a field of fire . Simply said, Stucky sacrifices himself to become himself.