The Sumptuous Hills of Gulfport

The Sumptuous Hills of Gulfport takes readers through the surreal landscape of a costal Florida town with crafted images and breezy, rhythmic lines. This is a place where civilization meets the wilds of the ocean, a place of tension, beauty, and decay, and Spina's poetry explores this with a critical eye, ear, and touch. The poems often offer metaphors, explorations, and philosophies that illuminate the joys, contradictions, and absurdities of contemporary life. These poems, drawing influence from Latin American modernists, explore what it means to be human in today's world where nothing is certain and life often feels like a dream. The Sumptuous Hills of Gulfport takes readers on a trip to the beach, and far, far beyond.