Alan AtKisson is best known for his writing on global environment,
economic, and sustainability challenges, including the bestseller
Believing Cassandra (1999, 2010) and The Sustainability
Transformation (2010). This is his first book-length collection of
poems, spanning three decades of writing. Some of AtKisson's poetry
has appeared in small literary magazines or independently published
chapbooks, but most has not been available to a broader reading
public before now. As a poet, AtKisson covers an exceptionally wide
range of subject matter that incorporates contemporary global
issues, deeply personal details, and the often unexpected
intersections between the two. Also known as a singer and
songwriter, AtKisson brings a sense of music to his precise and
often rhythmic language. The poetic forms he uses are highly
varied, stretching from strict formality to wildly referential free
verse. This collection also includes AtKisson's two long poems.
"Chronosphere," written for a friend who was dying of cancer,
combines free verse, rhyme, haiku and other poetic forms in 61
clock-like verses. "Screed," composed over a year-long period of
intensive travels (2002-2003), is a post-modern rant that evokes
Allan Ginsberg, T.S. Elliot, Thomas Transtromer, and many other
writers. Its main theme is the folly of human civilization in an
era of climate change, and the ever-present possibility to "begin
again." Alan AtKisson's Collected Poems 1982-2009 was published in
2012, by Broken Bone Press, in collaboration with CreateSpace.
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