The Equilibrist Series

Growing up in a world of antique book stores with antiquarian as mentors; terminally ill Professor Erasmus Cromwell-Smith takes his students back in time to the years of his youth, on a magical journey of discovery, filled with life lessons....

In this spellbinding sequel, art and poetry are weaved into Professor Erasmus Cromwell-Smith's memorable recollection of his life's story. Once more, deviating from the curriculum, he takes his students back to the passionate period in time when, while studying at Harvard, he lived together with the love of his life, Victoria Emerson-Lloyd. The young couple meets book antiquarians throughout New England, who become lifelong mentors, sharing with the young couple ancient writings, filled with timeless wisdom and magic.

In this third book of The Equilibrist Series, professor Cromwell-Smith, through the mantle of poetry, takes his students one last time to his past, through subjects of profound existential meaning like forgiveness, virtue, coherence, resilience, reciprocity, curiosity, serenity and joy, among others. The eminent pedagogue revisits the long period of his life when Victoria Emerson-Lloyd, the love of his life and him were apart, and the real reasons why she left him in the first place.

This fourth and final volume of The Equilibrist series is a compilation of all poems, essays, and fables of the first three books. A precious craft of artful verses that are straightforward easy to understand. Through art that speaks to all, the author seeks to elicit emotions while provoking reflection.