Eclectic Nightmares: Spoken Word Poetry

by Jeremy Fee

Eclectic Nightmares is Jeremy Fee's first book of poetry. From sensational sound devices to strange stories, from horrific self-hate to whimsical satire, this poetry collection includes thirty-two “nightmares” of an eclectic nature. The verse arrives via four divisions: introduction to the poet, horror poetry, fantasy poetry, and teacher poetry. There are also notes from the author detailing his inspirations.

106 pages, Paperback

Published December 28, 2021

About the author

Jeremy Fee is a poet and an author of speculative fiction (horror, fantasy, and sci-fi). He began life in Louisiana, but calls Texas his home. His near-death experiences include almost drowning, suffering from food poisoning, and surviving a harrowing car accident. His near-life experiences include performing slam poetry at the Fort Worth jazz festival, visiting the ruins of the temple of Apollo at Delphi, and walking the art museums in Paris. A lifelong teacher, he has worked at multiple high schools and community colleges teaching a combination of creative writing, English, and speech. His students have won multiple state championships for speech and mock trial. Many of his creative writing students are published authors.

Reviews

[David's Book Reviews · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have known Jeremy Fee for awhile through his booktube/authortube channel, and when I found out about this book on here, I had to buy it. I knew this was a poetry collection and even though I'm not sure what to make of Poems, I was still excited to read this. I had to Google the meaning of Eclectic, and it covers a wide variety of subjects, like classes in a university. This collection is split up into several sections, Introduction, Horror, Fantasy and Teacher Poetry. All this poems are very short and I really enjoyed most of them, with only a handful not knowing what to make of. Even though they don't rhyme that much and Jeremy inserts his name into a number of his work, I found this to be a very stimulating and satisfying read, which I had trouble putting down. I would highly recommend this to poetry fans and people who want to support self published authors.

[Pae Veo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am happy to recommend this collection to anyone who has a passion for poetry, but often find themselves lost in all the ways to express such a passion. Jeremy Fee has combined personal experience with literary references we are all familiar with. This clever approach puts the reader in the position to relate to the personal with that which they are already familiar through the work that inspired the poetry itself. Highlights for me would be, “The Maven,” “Losing my Cohesion,” and (more recently on a second read) “Another Meeting.”
Though there is no such thing a perfect collection of poetry for everyone, there are collections of poetry perfect for particular individuals—and this debut is perfect for those who are in the midst of discovering poetry, written for the student by a teacher who knows how to spark inspiration.

[Pete Reads · Rating 5 out of 5]

this book by jeremy fee
it has inspired me
to write some poetry

this boy pete
who loves to yeet
just wants to meet
a new heart beat

[John (Hey Y'all Listen Up) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Jeremy has been a big supporter of my YouTube channel and I enjoy watching his videos as well. The problem is that I'm not a poetry reader and this volume didn't convert me into one. There is some clever word play, so it's worth checking out.

[Jeremy Fee · Rating 4 out of 5]

I keep seeing other authors leave reviews on their own books, including famous people like R.F. Kuang (The Poppy War trilogy, Babel) so I'll give it a try myself. It's been about 10 months since my debut collection of poetry came out and, even though I'm somewhat critical of my own writing, I'm still proud of the work when I read back through it. Here are some comments from Amazon reviews that haven't made it to Goodreads yet:

"The author clearly knows what he is doing and impresses all the way through. His short story in the horror anthology is also amazing."

"I enjoyed reading this and especially liked the Authors notes at the end too!"

"The book is divided by subject matter into four parts. I liked Part IV, Teacher Poetry, the best because it seemed the most personal. However, my favorite poem was in Part II, Horror Poetry. The poem is 'Because I Could Not Stop for Modesty,' and I liked it so much because it’s a clever nod to my favorite Emily Dickinson poem."

[S.D. Huston · Rating 5 out of 5]

Eclectic Nightmares has been on my TBR too long! So today, I randomly opened the book to one of the poems....."Kidnapped Souls" I really like this one. It starts broad with all the noise in our lives that influence what we do, sometimes without realizing how all of it shapes our decisions, and ends with the noise in our own minds. This poem is so relatable, but it also sparks emotion, at least for me, because I'd like to say that I don't allow outside noise to distract me or influence me, so my first response is: This is not me....but then I think about the noise I willingly take on...and well, there it is. And the noise in my mind -- it never stops 😆

[Peter Okonkwo · Rating 5 out of 5]

I so much enjoyed reading this book of poems, the poems to me are heartfelt, brilliant and well-written. I'm particularly intrigued by Jeremy's choice of words and his narrating style, this is something that I'm not too familiar with, but it made for an interesting read.
I would love to recommend this piece of poetry to poetry and literature lovers. There are lots of themes touched that would interest you. Pretty much amazing to earn my five star review, I look forward to reading more of Jeremy's future works, and I'm a fan of his YouTube channel.

[Tony Adventure · Rating 5 out of 5]

For as much as I love poetry, I really haven’t read that much of it. I was super excited when I saw that Jeremy was releasing a collection of his poetry, but it took me a while to get to it. And while not every single poem in this collection worked for me, there were a lot that did. I had so much fun reading this collection. I will have a full review for this up on my channel soon here.

[Samantha Green · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed this collection of poetry! It will never end up on the “Bad Poetry? Oh Noetry!” Series. This was a wonderful poetry book and I particularly liked the fantasy poetry section. 😊

[Big Hard Books & Classics · Rating 4 out of 5]

I spent a good month w this book, and not only thoroughly enjoyed the read, but I respect it, as well. There is some great writing in here.

Some of my favorite poems are: "Eclectic Nightmares," "Because I Could Not Stop for Modesty," "Leaves of Sass," and "Haiku Club," and this is saying a lot, considering these poems appear in separate sections of the book!

Highly recommended. I am impressed 👍