A Half-Full Glass, by Roman Svirsky

Poetry, chapbook, 24 pages, from Bottlecap Features.

A Half-Full Glass is a chapbook of observant, humorous poems rooted in daily rituals and small reckonings—time spent in traffic, shared drinks, aging bodies, changing seasons, and the quiet negotiations of modern life. These poems favor clarity and rhythm, finding comedy and meaning in moments that are often overlooked or dismissed as routine.

Moving between social scenes and private reflection, the collection explores aging, companionship, creativity, and perspective without nostalgia or complaint. Whether walking through New York, monitoring sleep, watching a child cross a milestone, or simply noticing how time moves, the poems maintain a light touch while allowing emotional depth to surface naturally.

Throughout the chapbook runs a steady, humane optimism: an insistence that attention itself is a form of gratitude, that humor survives inconvenience, and that even as circumstances shift, there remains—again and again—a reason to pause, reflect, and raise a half-full glass.

Roman Svirsky writes poetry about ordinary life, aging, and the small moments that quietly shape us. His work blends humor with reflection and draws on daily rituals, seasons, and relationships. This is his first chapbook.