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"When I read Kerry Shawn Keys' work, I note immediately how much I
enjoy his phrasings, the unpredictable turns and twists of a line
where each new word comes as surprise, and yet all are deeply
satisfying when one re-reads them: "I knew Kathy Leonard in the
night-soiled, chiselled guilt" or "tonight, you will drown in the
unattended glossary of your dreams" or "ragged seams of coal share
the flute-like warble / of a high-C in her voice" or "If all
mornings could be like this whispered shower / of sunlight and
rain" - this gorgeous language that wants to stay in the mouth, one
wants to toss the line this way and that, in memory. That alone
would be more than enough, but Kerry Shawn Keys is also a master of
a set-up, of a scene, and his poems, such as "Tennessee Williams
Comes to Mulberry Street" can do within just a few stanzas what
other writers take hundreds of pages to invent and develop. Then -
yes, there is more! - there are absolutely hilarious, yet, true to
life, in all of its manifestations, pieces such as "Experience" or
"Dog" or "Springtime at the Edge of Paradise". But, by the end,
what I found myself marvelling most at was his extended epistle,
"From Celsus A Few Words", and his poignant, playful, and beautiful
prayer, "Octopus". Both poems are brilliant gems in their genres,
and any reader who opens the book on those pages will want to buy
it and share the work with others. It is that good". (Ilya
Kaminsky).
Award winning poet, translator and international multi-media artist
Kerry Shawn Keys presents his most recent collection of poetry --
"Transporting". These lyrical poems hypnotise the reader with the
rhythm and tonality of their long lines. Imagery, language and
cadence meld into a symphony of sound and sight that excites the
imagination with its possibilities. Keys' poetry taps into his
pastoral roots in the Blue Mountains of Pennsylvania and explodes
with the intricate influences of his many journeys to other worlds.
The collection showcases that richness of style and will attract an
appreciative audience on the international poetry scene.
In his new collection of playful short poems, poet Kerry Keys
presents us with the ultimate bestiary. Surrealistic imagery
combines with keen word-play in Keys' poems, to tickle, tantalise
and tease us beyond rationality into the cartoon world of his wild
imagination. Nothing is as it appears in the Keys universe, yet it
parallels and satirises reality. These poems are witty and
lyrically intense poem-toys, worth repeated readings for their
entertainment value.
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Black Ice (Paperback)
Kerry Shawn Keys
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The poets whose work is included in this anthology were born in the
1960s, when Lithuania was part of the Soviet Union, and mostly
started publishing after the country achieved independence in 1991.
Unlike their predecessors, the poets of this generation are not
concerned with political themes but rather with issues of
aesthetics and existential quests. While each follows his or her
unique path, they all share a penchant for experimentation and an
ironic, post-modern perspective, following European literary trends
rather than domestic poetic traditions.
Avant-garde, boom generation poet, translator and international
multimedia artist Kerry Shawn Keys presents a new volume of his
surrealistic poetry. His poems are imagistic, lyrical vehicles that
express Keys' personal observations of the natural world,
contrasted to the artificiality of man's world. Keys' work has been
praised by Pulitzer Prize winners Gary Snyder and Gerald Stern,
among others, as innovative and musical. As a member of the
post-war baby boom generation of poets, his approach is that of a
deconstructionst, dancing to the inner music of a post-modern
sensibility. An entertaining, thought-provoking read.
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