Poets Like Us

“Damian Rucci is all at once a hell of a poet and an embodiment of a true lover of poetry. No S.A.T words, no bullshit, all love, all truth. I had the distinct pleasure of seeing him read a couple nights in a row in Missouri, and sharing a few drinks with him in a Belle, MO barroom. He ain't the trope of an academic poet: He's plenty smart, but he's no stuffy intellectual. He's a hell of a performer, but not one line comes off staged. Damian is the truth, go live that truth over on Poets Like Us!”