Root River Return

The history of my life from early childhood to young manhood, as I experienced and understood it: A work of self-discovery that led to transformation and ultimate transcendence, through growth in consciousness, which is indispensable to a full awakening of conscience, to live a free life directed by forces that have led me to the ultimate truth of my Being.

Reviews and Endorsements

“No one speaks more poetically of his heritage. Pure gold. David Kherdian spins childhood discoveries and friendships into the fabric from which our destinies are clothed. It is, and is not, a place in Racine, Wisconsin. It is, and is not, a place this side of earthly paradise. Best of all, it IS.” -Bonnie Bekken

“David Kherdian’s poetry is evocative of past time, of a simpler world, of memory one can taste, and of feelings we all share as human beings but so few of us are able to express.” – Ricker Winsor/Empty Mirror

“Kherdian is one of the great American writers, too often overlooked by the poetry establishment, but praised worldwide for his fine poetry and prose. Root River Return is a deep, emotional and reverential journey that you will take with him, that will mirror your own life.” – Prof. Sam Hamod