Zen From Another Planet

About the Book

“Reading Al Ferber poems, one has to be ready for a trip of chutes and ladders because he’s nothing if not energetic. You’ll find yourself running after the train and waving your ticket, only to find it’s already left the station, hellbound and whooping. Al waits for no one to catch up: it’s “hang on” and enjoy the ride. Al’s like jazz. He gets your foot tapping and you begin to want more and more riffs, more floor to dance, more grins to grin. And you can’t read just one. You let his poetry claim you. You slip on the back of the horse, and let the sucker fly Karen Dabkowsky Editor, Blue House Magazine

About the Author

Al Ferber, a street kid from the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia and an unlikely prospect to become a poet has been writing poetry for over 45 years. He attended Bucks CCC, Penn State University, Temple University, Villanova University. His poetry has appeared in over three dozen poetry journals and small magazines. He has also written several novels, two of them published, plays and articles. He has published 17 books of poetry. He has worked as a teacher, Executive Director for an Employment and Training Program, Director for an Outreach Center for Vietnam Veterans, Bartender and manager of Tangier Café in Center City, Philadelphia. He has spent the last 15 plus years in recovery from alcoholism and the last 14 plus years as a D & A Addictions Therapist. He lives in Bensalem, PA and Ocean City NJ with Cathi, his delightfully insane wife of more than 25 years.