Ants Dissolve in Moonlight

by W.B. Keckler

Genres: Poetry

78 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1995

About the author

W.B. Keckler (born 1966) is an American poet, translator and visual artist.

Books include Sanskrit of the Body (2002, Viking Penguin), which won in the U.S. National Poetry Series), and Ants Dissolve in Moonlight (1995, Fugue State Press). He is translator of Andre Malraux's early works Royaume-Farfelu and Lunes en Papier, published as The Kingdom of Farfelu, with Paper Moons (2005, Fugue State Press).

Photobook (2016) Four Photographers (with Esther Reyes, Ivan Melnychuk and Tim Pyle) can be found here: http://www.blurb.com/b/6959551-four-p...

Visual artwork can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/williamk...

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This title makes me sad and quivery. My grandfather's speciality was ants. I have an affinity. Do they reconstitute with the light?

[Rosa Jamali · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title is very intriguing.I recalled Bunuel's films immediately. Entering a world of miniature as in Gulliver or Alice in wonderland . Ants are very inspiring. Perhaps the radiation of moonlight dissolves them. A very untouched image.
The use of language is strong. The words have been interwoven in a net that you can never open the syntax nor the semantics. These poems bring you to new concepts, a new lens perhaps!
The imagery is very creative , the use of metaphor; the book takes you to a place to rename the nature and objects.There is a sense of yearning and longing with a sort of pity and mercy unanimously...

[A.E. · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book as a whole is okay, but there a handful of really great poems including what may be my favorite poem (up there with Prufrock) titled "Ten and Six Themes for a Painting."

[Dana · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of the best poetry collections I've read in a while...a wonderful knack for transmuting language.

[Juliet · Rating 4 out of 5]

3 1/2 stars.

There is something strangely romantic about my favored pieces in this collection.