Jerome Gagnon is the author of the award-winning Rumors of Wisdom and worked as a teacher, tutor, and freelance journalist. Now retired, he lives in Northern California.

Books by Jerome Gagnon:

Other poems on the web by Jerome Gagnon:
"Gifts"

Jerome Gagnon's Website.

About Rumors of Wisdom:

"Rumors of Wisdom impressed me throughout with poems about very specific things, or memories, or details; specifics that often metaphorically stand for bigger things. The details are interesting and fresh, as in 'Barometer.' The poet uses a good deal of artistic language and viewpoint, as if seeing the world through a painter's eyes. From time to time the odd technical term may pose a challenge, but it also serves as an opportunity for readers to broaden their vocabulary. This collection stands out for its breadth of scope."
—Timons Esaias

"One finds in this collection poems of the rare sort that come quietly, like a cat prowling about in the midnight hour, looking hard into the darkness for what stirs. Luminous, lyric, sparkling with wit and the kind of subtle wisdom that comes from a long, slow, generous looking at life... these poems are simply irresistible in their appeal."
—Jon M. Sweeney

"Remorse and redemption permeate these poems the way 'a mist touches everything.' Spaces are spare, remote, yet welcome with 'a wink of paradise.' What surrounds us is not separable from our being, with 'each of us taking on something of the other.'"
—Lana Hechtman Ayers