Listen to Rarely Heard Voices

The subject of Peter Petschauer's latest book of poetry, Listen to Rarely Heard Voices, is that confluence point of noticing, attention, knowing, refusal not to know what one knows, and keen observation of the tiniest detail in the natural world to the largest canvas of history and culture. Petschauer brings these virtues to every topic he touches and to each poem he writes: nature, family life and history, and the immense scale of history of societies - from ancient Western civilizations to Nazi Germany, to the Age of Trump and coronavirus. Often, as it happens in life, his father's history as an SS officer, family and society and the poet's personal development fatefully meet. Free of poetic conceit, Petschauer's style as poet is direct, concise, and clear.