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ALCHEMY: An Artist’s and Writer’s Initiative
2017 FRIENDS OF POETRY, Kalamazoo, MI; SOFTCOVER
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Published January 1, 2017
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October 8, 2019
A friend of mine who authored one of the poems in this collection signed this book for me back in the spring when I was delivering copies of A Ruin of Shadows to Kalamazoo bookstores. I confess I put off reading it the way you sometimes put off reading something a friend has written because WHAT IF IT'S TERRIBLE?
It wasn't terrible. The collection of art and poetry was the product of a group of artists and writers studying and investigating the concept of alchemy -- in all its chemical, mystical, and psychological aspects. I loved the combination of art and poetry all loosely gathered around one central theme -- it's a lovely way to present both. And the little explanations and allusions in the margins.
I did not expect how many times I would smile in delight ("It grows a face while she pukes on her shoes in a parking lot"), how often I'd want to reach out and hold the art depicted, how often I'd feel a line weigh heavy on my heart.
A charming collection.
It wasn't terrible. The collection of art and poetry was the product of a group of artists and writers studying and investigating the concept of alchemy -- in all its chemical, mystical, and psychological aspects. I loved the combination of art and poetry all loosely gathered around one central theme -- it's a lovely way to present both. And the little explanations and allusions in the margins.
I did not expect how many times I would smile in delight ("It grows a face while she pukes on her shoes in a parking lot"), how often I'd want to reach out and hold the art depicted, how often I'd feel a line weigh heavy on my heart.
A charming collection.
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