Final Mask

The poems in Final Mask are not about a particular theme, but rather, a journal/diary of man noticing how all aspects of his life coalesce into his reverence for his life and all those around him. "Someone once said that poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. Russell Buker's poetry certainly delivers on both counts. I find he gives his audiences a splendor of interesting poetic language with an absoluteness or mere acknowledgement by being pragmatic… (più)

The poems in Final Mask are not about a particular theme, but rather, a journal/diary of man noticing how all aspects of his life coalesce into his reverence for his life and all those around him. "Someone once said that poetry is at least an elegance and at most a revelation. Russell Buker's poetry certainly delivers on both counts. I find he gives his audiences a splendor of interesting poetic language with an absoluteness or mere acknowledgement by being pragmatic about the unknown and its transitions that exist in life..." --Maxwell C. Wheat, Jr