Isn't It Romantic?

"Isn’t It Romantic? fulfills with irony the lulls of wonder the poet witnesses in his daily existence. Much of the pleasure and wit found in the readings of these finely honed poems is the juxtaposition of the classical and literary references of a erudite mind making reckonings of even the smallest episodes of his life; like when he makes mythical his own aging dog by connecting him to faithful Argus of the Iliad, or referencing the ancient Sumerian’s discovery of beer in a poem experiencing a modern Dive Bar. Popielaski's poems consistently entertain and inform, allowing us inside his unique insights."
—Dave Parsons, 2011 Texas State Poet Laureate