What I See What I Hear - Paperback

A New Yorker without an agenda. A poet with everything to say.

The seasons hit differently now. The summers you once blazed through in leather jackets have become something worth remarking on. The relationships you thought would explain themselves never did. The big questions about time, love, and existence keep circling back, and nobody around you seems willing to say the quiet parts out loud.

Rick Garcia will. Born on the same block as Charlie Parker, schooled where Cagney and the Marx Brothers roamed, and forged in the unforgiving crucible of mid-century New York, Garcia is a quintessential city voice: sharp, tender, irreverent, and deeply human. What I see What I Hear is a collection of poems, reflections, and lyrical provocations from a man who has spent seventy-five years watching, listening, and refusing to keep his mouth shut. From meditations on love and mortality to wry takedowns of politicians rewriting truth, from the geometry of frost on a child's window to the ache of wanting connection in a disconnected world, this volume closes the distance between frivolous humor and astute observation with rare honesty.

Inside these pages, you will find:

- Raw, witty reflections on aging, love, and the stubborn persistence of hope

- A born storyteller's love letter to New York City and the life it demands of you

-Poetry and prose that speak plainly about the things we all feel but rarely say

For readers who believe wisdom tastes best with a side of wit, What I See What I Hear is the book you did not know you were waiting for.