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Fractals: A Poetic Journey of Acceptance
John T. Krotec is an entrepreneur, speaker, writer, and army veteran. After college, he went to work in corporate America and realized that despite doing well in the job, he wanted something more. He joined the Army later in life with the purpose of serving his Country. The Army taught him discipline and how to value himself. After three years of Active Duty, he left the Army and returned to civilian life. It was then that he got reacquainted with his future wife, helping her to raise a family. Together they also successfully ran a business for over two decades, selling travel gear and clothing.
In 2012, John hit rock bottom and survived a traumatic brain energy caused by an alcohol-fueled traffic accident. This unleashed his demons and forced him to finally cope with the trauma he experienced at a young age. Over this time, he almost lost his marriage and family. With months of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Hemp-Based Pharmaceutical (CBD) treatment, he developed his own healing system by using creative pursuits for coping with trauma and saving his marriage in the process.
John is currently involved with several creative businesses and holistic healing pursuits, which include; GreenZone Hero, Straight Outta Combat Radio, Task Force Zen Journeys, What’s your Apocalypse, and his new series of poetry books titled, Fractals.
In 2012, John hit rock bottom and survived a traumatic brain energy caused by an alcohol-fueled traffic accident. This unleashed his demons and forced him to finally cope with the trauma he experienced at a young age. Over this time, he almost lost his marriage and family. With months of Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) and Hemp-Based Pharmaceutical (CBD) treatment, he developed his own healing system by using creative pursuits for coping with trauma and saving his marriage in the process.
John is currently involved with several creative businesses and holistic healing pursuits, which include; GreenZone Hero, Straight Outta Combat Radio, Task Force Zen Journeys, What’s your Apocalypse, and his new series of poetry books titled, Fractals.
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Published February 27, 2020
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April 23, 2020
Some of my favorite poems here include the ode to coffee, "Bean God Gift" ("O, wondrous Joe!"); to technology in culture, "Brave New Taco World" ("Five cell phones were having a taco lunch together"); and to fish that come in visions, "Holy Mackerel Healing Potion" ("Cut bait. / Live with your vibrant spirit, / flow with your gills, / give life / your total heart. / Go fish.")
The author recovered from a traumatic brain injury — this information is part of how he frames this collection — and I can see how putting this collection together would have been part of his healing process as these poems gather many feelings, experiences, concepts, fictional speculations, and riffs on song lyrics and present them in an overall positive tone. The scope is ambitious. There's the makings of a whole worldview in here.
Unfortunately, at the bottom of every poem, the author includes a bracketed prose note about the poem: explaining the joke, redescribing the feeling, labeling the character as fictional, or apologizing for vagueness. I've never seen this done before. Of course, these notes detract from the impact of each poem. They suggest that the poems haven't been workshopped as the author seems to lack confidence about what was already successfully communicated to readers. If something was unsuccessfully communicated, then it is anticlimactic to read a footnote explaining what the poem ought to have conveyed, especially adjacent to the poem's first publication. If there is time to write the note, then there is time to revise the poem. I could see a use value for offering something like "proposed discussion questions for students," but these are not crafted discussion questions; they are simply first-person notes that are like weak extensions of the poems and take the reader out of the imagery.
The author recovered from a traumatic brain injury — this information is part of how he frames this collection — and I can see how putting this collection together would have been part of his healing process as these poems gather many feelings, experiences, concepts, fictional speculations, and riffs on song lyrics and present them in an overall positive tone. The scope is ambitious. There's the makings of a whole worldview in here.
Unfortunately, at the bottom of every poem, the author includes a bracketed prose note about the poem: explaining the joke, redescribing the feeling, labeling the character as fictional, or apologizing for vagueness. I've never seen this done before. Of course, these notes detract from the impact of each poem. They suggest that the poems haven't been workshopped as the author seems to lack confidence about what was already successfully communicated to readers. If something was unsuccessfully communicated, then it is anticlimactic to read a footnote explaining what the poem ought to have conveyed, especially adjacent to the poem's first publication. If there is time to write the note, then there is time to revise the poem. I could see a use value for offering something like "proposed discussion questions for students," but these are not crafted discussion questions; they are simply first-person notes that are like weak extensions of the poems and take the reader out of the imagery.
June 14, 2020
Love love love this Book ... Most definitely recommend...
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