Adam Cannot Be Adam

by Kelli Anne Noftle

Adam Cannot Be Adam is a text of constantly refracting mirrors providing us with insights beyond mere duality. These deft, inquisitive poems portray two Adams as external characters in an ever-shifting mythos while examining the inner double personae locked in self-confrontation. Kelli Anne Noftle offers kaleidoscopic perceptions of reality using diagrams, mirrors, photography, holograms and painting. The simplicity of Noftle s language often belies what is exposed, endlessly folding to create new structures from quotidian material. Adam Cannot Be Adam is a holographic portrait of identity and intimacy; each poem reveals an alternate view of the whole, questioning normative ideas about our relationship to self and other."

Genres: Poetry

88 pages, Paperback

Published February 7, 2017

Reviews

[Jared Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Between duty and ecstasy.

The night I choose Adam.

A part is all.

[Héloïse Braun · Rating 2 out of 5]

I don’t think I have the level of intellect or creativity to understand this book of poetry. Kinda had a headache the whole time but was too stubborn to give up on it