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Praise for Halcyon Days

Sterling Warner has managed to thoughtfully intrigue us with his new publication of Halcyon Days. These resolute verses, like golden coins, glimmer with betrayal, passion and mystery but still hold true to the Fibonacci structure.  They not only cure the morning after hangover but fill us with insight and wonder at rivalries and the nature of human relationships.

—Tino De Guevara: Poet, Professor, Veteran

Nature may have devised the ‘Fibonacci Sequence’ for efficiency, but in Halcyon Days under Sterling’s alchemy the human need to account for the life and death forces we are part of becomes the power of the poet and not mathematician. In Kabbalah the ‘Gematria’ links words to numerology, but also to the cosmos, and here Sterling strives for the divine via the terrestrial. A life may be cut short syllabically: O. D. yet antiques reassert themselves even after depletion of syllables and to become first class. The formula is fixed, but our will can begin and end on Hope.

—Stuart Kurtz: Poet, Author of The Time of Our Joy 

Warner’s Halcyon Days: Collected Fibonacci is an inspirational work at its creative best – vivid, energizing, and eye catching. One is drawn to the patterns in print that follow the path of crisp words and create vibrant meaningful images. Warner is a story teller. His poems are thought provoking and expressive such as the sorrowful “Bebe,” joyous “Kodak,” and uplifting “Awestruck,” engaging the reader at a personal level. His use of the Fibonacci form intrigues—visually and thematically. Whether he is sharing childhood memories in Station Wagon Odyssey, an evocative examination of handwork artistry in Duvet, the heartbreaking loss revealed in Bebe, or the sheer joy found in Chocolate’s Best, Warner engages, informs and amuses the reader.

—Carolyn Wiley: Award-winning humor columnist with an open mic addiction

The Greeks gave us structure to contain the chaos of content. This collection also relies on a specific structure to contain the emotions, the stories, the chaos. Sterling Warner takes us down many paths, even as we stay within the clear lines of structure. A powerful combination of his perspectives and the form—whether hearing the story of loss or experiencing the celebration of love, we are all in this together.

—Kathleen Hudson:  Author of 3 oral histories, Poet, Teacher, Collector

Warner’s Halcyon Days: Collected Fibonacci is an inspirational work at its creative best—vivid, energizing,  eye catching. A joyful journey not to be missed!

—Roohi Vora: Poet and English Professor at SJSU and EVC. 

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Author Biography

Author of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry, Sterling Warner has several publications. His recent ones include: Visions Across the Americas (8^th edition © 2013), and Anthology of World Literature [Until the 17^th Century] (6^th edition © 2017). 

Warner’s poetry and fiction have appeared in many international literary magazines, journals, and anthologies such as Verse Virtual, Anti-Heroin Chic, The Ekphrastic Review, Poetry Life and Times, The Fib Review, and MasticadoresUSA.

Warner also has written several volumes of poetry. His most recent ones include Flytraps: Poems (Independent Press © 2022), Cracks of Light: Pandemic Poems & Fiction 2019-2022 (Annas Bay Books 2022), Halcyon Days: Collected Fibonacci (Annas Bay Books © 2023), Abraxas: Poems (Kelsay Books © 2024), Gunilla’s Garden (Annas Bay Books © 2025)—as well as Masques: Flash Fiction &. Short Stories (Independent Press © 2020). 

A Jim Herndon Award recipient (2013), a Pushcart Award nominee (2014, 2020, 2021), and a Hayward Award winner (2000), Warner was named the Atherton Poet Laureate in 2014. Warner formerly taught in the English Department at Evergreen Valley College, where he served as the Creative Writing Program Director, EVC Author’s Series Organizer, and Leaf by Leaf literary magazine Chief Editor.