Some Exits

by Travis Cebula

Poetry. SOME EXITS takes the reader on a poetic road trip, a journey whose rhythms shift dynamically between movement and focus. These short, tightly made poems speed the reader through an environment that is at once natural and unnatural, gorgeous and degraded. More than exits, these pieces are entrances.

Genres: Poetry

40 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 2009

About the author

Travis Cebula currently resides in Golden, Colorado. His poetry, photographs, essays, and stories have appeared in or are forthcoming from New American Writing, BlazeVOX, Tarpaulin Sky, Aufgabe, Versal, Eleven-Eleven, NO/ON, The Talking River Review, Monkey Puzzle, E-Ratio, Cricket Online Review, Otoliths, In Stereo Magazine, Fact-Simile, Bombay Gin, Dear Sir, Trunk of Delirium, The Strip, Right Hand Pointing, Leveler, and Whrrds. His most recent collection of poetry, One Year in a Paper Cinema , is available now from BlazeVOX Books and Amazon.com. Travis is also the founder and editor of Shadow Mountain Press, specializing in limited-edition chapbooks. He teaches at the Left Bank Writers Retreat in Paris in June.

Reviews

[Nate Jordon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Travis’ poetry is a visual and auditory convocation of images, a celebration of sight and sound both beautiful and tragic at once. With “fanciful flames,” his “message [is:] fast” and visceral. With pen in one hand, the other on the steering wheel, and “eyes squinted…facing the road ahead,” Travis takes the reader on a journey through our environment both natural and industrialized. From “interstate to pasture,” an adventure awaits you in Some Exits.

[Diane · Rating 5 out of 5]

It would be evident that Travis is a photographer even if there were no photos of his in the book at all. He provides startling snapshots in black and white with words. It is as if one (reader) were were completely unacquainted with civilization until it is thrust upon him with all it's resulting complexities and ugliness, as if primitive man was suddenly brought face to face with a teaming modern city in a dream. My only complaint..."Some Exits" is too short.