Almost Whole: New and Selected Poems

Here is a collection of new poems written in the last few years, plus selected poems from earlier books. New Friends and Old Friends. What is Poetry? (Take 1) Poetry is reality, distilled. It's not the transcendent try hold and fail, or all wonder well told but pale - No. Poetry is reality, distilled. It starts with the corn or the rye, the simple things at hand, already born, ready for the fire - Yes. Poetry is reality, distilled. It's moonshine captured, the jar still aglow, spirits in a bottle, tied with a rag, ready to throw - light it. Poetry is reality, distilled. It's the alchemy of words in ferment, the fuel in a vessel contained, the juice for your brain, for your soul - ignite it! What is poetry again? (Take 2) Ok, here's another take - Poetry is like maple syrup. Poets take what is flowing out there in the world, and boil it down to its essence. Yeah, poetry is like maple syrup. So whether that essence is bitter or sweet, kind or mean, rough or easy, a poet tells you - in a few precious drops - what just happened out there... or in there. So you're sayin' that prose is the sap? Yep. That prose goes on and on and on, and just won't stop? Yep. The sap. You writer of prose, can't you boil down those words? Can't you tell me if it's close or far, up or down, hot or mellow, without writing a g.d. book? Here's what I'm sayin' - Can't you tell it to me short and sweet? Can't you make poetry for me?

• | Author: Mark Bohrer
• | Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• | Publication Date: Dec 09, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 142 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 198745913X
• | ISBN-13: 9781987459135