Every Time You Close Your Eyes

by Bel Schenk

The lights go out just before dark.
There is a blackout in the city
and people blame lightning.
There are many different ways to tell this story.
This is one of them.

‘Bel Schenk tells the story of disparate characters sharing New
York City through two blackouts. Through a blunt poetic style
infused with subtle irony and a tact for laying down a soul (Deep
inside is exactly what you are thinking right now) Schenk adheres
to people wanting to connect, with each other and with
themselves. Every Times You Close Your Eyes is a work of
intense atmospheric enquiry.‘ – Heather Taylor Johnson

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 2, 2014

Reviews

[Matt Harris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gorgeous vignettes, connected poems, characters inner and outer lives in a crisis. When else are we more ourselves?
Power (electricity) defines our communication, our comfort, our power (ability to accomplish.)

I loved reading how people come together and stay alone during a crisis. This book is a series of windows, stairs, and rooms. Who is inside is revealed, partly.