Revolver

by Adam Fieled

from Adam Fieled's Revolver:

I Want to Tell You

There are systems & systems
& this one doesn’t work for
me, though you do, which is
why I urge you, dump this
system, it’s only there to hang
you from a flagpole & make
you wave & give you a wedgie &
then you’ll have to write the
same poem a thousand times,

& see the way they posture &
pull each other down & make
up funny names for each other &
the whole thing ends in a dialogue
not intelligent enough to be even
Rabelaisian & that’s really saying
something & so am I, here, now—
when they bid you, don’t bow

Genres: Poetry

E-chap

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Adam Fieled is a poet based in Philadelphia. He has released three print books: "Opera Bufa" (Otoliths, 2007), "When You Bit..." (Otoliths, 2008), and "Chimes" (Blazevox, 2009), as well as numerous chaps, e-chaps, and e-books, including "Posit" (Dusie Press, 2007), "Beams" (Blazevox, 2007), and "The White Album" (ungovernable press, 2009). He has work in journals like Tears in the Fence, Great Works, The Argotist, Upstairs at Duroc, Jacket, on PennSound, and in the &Now Anthology from Lake Forest College Press, and an essay forthcoming in Poetry Salzburg Review from University of Salzburg Press. A magna cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, he also holds an MFA from New England College and an MA from Temple University, where he is completing his PhD.

Reviews

[Peter]

I was disappointed with "Revolver" by Fieled, after having read "Rubber Soul" which I thought was smart. Clearly as a writer he is a one trick pony. Nothing new here. Sadly, like many young poets who seem unable to develop a personal, unique style in their writing, Fieled's work seems out-of-date by some 30 years. It belongs to the blank-verse poets of the 1970's: Bukowski, Locklin, Glatt, Webb. Simple sentences, lacking anything, any device we could call "poetry," broken into fragments to mimic stanzas. Trite, derivative, no new thoughts, nothing original. We've heard this all before.

[Rachel · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't listen to my review, I'm biased - I simply don't like poetry that has no heart.

[Allyson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I decided to take a look at this e-chap after seeing it crop up on my friends feed. The poems were pretty forgettable, unfortunately. I was distracted by the use of "W" as a placeholder for "with" (seemed too much like text message shorthand) and the nonsensical line breaks.

[Nina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved it!

[Dana Miranda · Rating 2 out of 5]

i look for depth, perceive none. but good day sunshine made be laugh.