Second edition, 2026
Daydreams
A Book of Sonnets
James R. Ivey, Sr. · Edited by James R. Ivey
Daydreams gathers the collected poems of James R. Ivey, Sr. (1942-1992): sailor, salesman, scholar of classic English literature, husband, father, and a poet from the age of eight, when he won his first award. Over the next forty-two years he wrote more than two hundred poems, most of them sonnets.
The collection is arranged in seven books:
- The Reluctant Muse
- Love's Embrace
- Life's Reflections
- Into the Light
- Historical Satire
- The Shadow Self
- Letters
Love, faith, family, history, humor, and the quieter corners of a life are all here, in a voice that is plainspoken, musical, and often funny. Father and son began editing the poems together in 1988; his son finished the work. Daydreams was first published in 2017 and honored with a CIPA EVVY Book Award.
Paperback · 267 pages · 6 × 9 in · ISBN 979-8-9820942-1-6
About the press
Kestrel Compass Press publishes the books of James R. Ivey and, with Daydreams, the poems of his father, in print and for Kindle.