About the Book
Maple Syrup Poet is full of warmth, heart, and honesty. As well as humor and depth that flows like … maple syrup. Vincent Costello’s collection of original and reflective spoken word and poetry, evokes a complex narrative about life’s many experiences.
As an added bonus, there is a short story full of humor and pathos set in 1977 in London, Ontario Canada, about a precocious and reflective young boy named Jimmy, who doesn’t know where he fits in, even with his own family. All the characters come from troubled family homes. Revealed is a Canadian story not often heard. The coming of age story relates what happens when Jimmy’s father dies, and he gets involved with some neighborhood ruffians in a midnight pool-hopping scheme.
Maple Syrup Poet was motivated by the aim, “to simply express myself as an artist.”