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Comfortably on Purpose
Paperback
Publisher Price: $15.99
Publisher: Westbrae Literary Group
Published: May 5 2026
Pages: 94
Weight: 0.30
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Of course some wrinkles are free,
comfortably on purpose.
In this evocative collection, Mike Mandzik charts the geography of a life lived through the grit of Northern New Jersey, the rhythmic pulse of the Music City, and the quiet, internal landscapes of aging and memory. From the blood-frozen knuckles of a father working under a hood in a winter driveway to the neon-streaked subway rides through the Bronx, Mandzik's poetry finds the extraordinary within the everyday.
Comfortably on Purpose is also a palimpsest of experience-a layering of blue-collar reality, familial legacy, and the relentless march of time. Mandzik navigates the disentropic desires of the modern world with a sharp, observational wit, whether he is contemplating the atmospheric methane of Uranus or the two-handed pump of a five-gallon bucket of raspberry jelly.
These poems are time machines that transport the reader forward and back-through childhood shopping trips to Bambergers, the raw testosterone of garage-band rehearsals, and the shifting swirl of souls at the gates of heaven. Raw, empathetic, and grounded in the hard thought of reality, this collection is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the radiant care we carry through the seasons.
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