Böcker av Peter Vanderberg

Combining poems and drawings, war / torn is a meditation on the nature of war and our relationship to its devastation. Directly inspired by the tragic news and images from the war in Ukraine, this chapbook seeks to understand the trauma and loss that is faced by mothers, fathers, children, and grandmothers in a distant place that becomes personal through our shared human experience. This book argues that the role of the poet during times of war is to build empathy for all who suffer through the ratio between prayer & poetry.

Peter Vanderberg's, celestial navigation, is inspired by his years serving in the U. S. Navy before, during, and after the attacks of September 11th, 2001. These poems explore themes of survival, fatherhood, and war, why also seeking spiritual awareness and peace. In conversation with the ancient Christian practice of lectio divina, as well as Taoist philosophy and military survival manuals, celestial navigation charts a course through conflict toward transcendence.