Nightmares—They Are Zeros is a collection of poem cycles, including:
- “Dream Swept King”
- “Nightmares”
- “They Are Zeros”
- “When Vikings Went South To Britain For The Winter”
- “Epigrams from Ignoto”
- “Proud of Their Beautiful Hair”
- “Held Shadowed”
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bill Sylvester, the author of War & Lechery: The Poem (Ashland), has navigated airplanes, edited technical reports, recited poems, and has been an actor in Buffalo since 1965. His favorite role was as a professor in the English Department at UB. His most important lectures have been poetry readings in Buffalo.
CREDITS
Copyright © 2009 William Sylvester
Published at the sign of the Buffalo Ochre Papers
Cover illustration of helmeted rider borrowed from the bookplate of Mildred Dewey, found in her copy of Matthew Arnold’s Essays in Criticism (Third Series). Boston: Ball Publishing Co., 1906, and seemingly signed MMD; also attributed to Ellen Terry’s son, Gordon Craig.
Cover Concept by Edric Mesmer
Cover Realization by Judith Vasseur
Nightmares—They Are Zeros was printed in a limited edition of 150.
