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A Futile Attempt At Delaying The Inevitable
‘Poetry is the shadow cast by our streetlight imaginations.’ – Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
Hey, you! Can you explain what it means to be ‘human’? Imagine someone confronts you with this question on the street. Most of us will ‘hmm’ and ‘haa,' but Adam Webb gets it.
Born in America, Adam spent a lot of time experiencing what exotic cultures could give and tried to understand what it means to be living in the here and now. He went on to chisel the marble of language to provide us with something real and tangible to think about.
‘The book began in my hometown,' Adam says, ‘and then developed through traveling.’ Adam spent time living in Europe, Southeast Asia, Thailand, and Japan.
Adam touches the soul with inspirational titles such as ‘Life Scene,' ‘In the Early Summer, across the Lake from the City,' ‘Poems in Four Seasons,' and ‘Stitched Fragments.' The poems are deceptively simple and require more than one reading before their total weight can sink in. Adam’s mentors are, amongst others, James Wright, Pablo Neruda, Ernest Hemingway, and Carl Jung.
This book might be a futile attempt to delay the inevitable, but at the same time, it smacks you in the face with its raw look at life. This is a bundle for poetry lovers and seekers of inspirational titles alike.
Hey, you! Can you explain what it means to be ‘human’? Imagine someone confronts you with this question on the street. Most of us will ‘hmm’ and ‘haa,' but Adam Webb gets it.
Born in America, Adam spent a lot of time experiencing what exotic cultures could give and tried to understand what it means to be living in the here and now. He went on to chisel the marble of language to provide us with something real and tangible to think about.
‘The book began in my hometown,' Adam says, ‘and then developed through traveling.’ Adam spent time living in Europe, Southeast Asia, Thailand, and Japan.
Adam touches the soul with inspirational titles such as ‘Life Scene,' ‘In the Early Summer, across the Lake from the City,' ‘Poems in Four Seasons,' and ‘Stitched Fragments.' The poems are deceptively simple and require more than one reading before their total weight can sink in. Adam’s mentors are, amongst others, James Wright, Pablo Neruda, Ernest Hemingway, and Carl Jung.
This book might be a futile attempt to delay the inevitable, but at the same time, it smacks you in the face with its raw look at life. This is a bundle for poetry lovers and seekers of inspirational titles alike.
37 pages, Kindle Edition
Published June 13, 2022
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April 19, 2022
I love you;
but,
you'll never know.
Anyway,
Here's all I have to give;
words
I wrote on the back of a playbill
🦄🦄🦄
A Futile Attempt At Delaying the Inevitable is a poetry book by Adam Webb. Although at the surface the poems don't seem to tell a story and feel like a random collection of musings, one of the main themes of this book is locations. There are multiple times when the poet has referenced different places while including pictures at the same time to help the reader connect with it; for example the view of Chicago Lake Michigan from Wihala Beach.
The book's divided into two parts, the first part focuses on his realisation that he wants to be a writer while the second combines his love for writing and literature with his travels across the world as he learns about new cultures.
~~~
Somewhere in Doi Suthep, I Appreciate the Beauty of Life
The waterfall
in rock behind my beating heart
moves me with melody and rhythm;
a symphony and stone
enveloping me in a sprinkle wind.
As I stand on the dark red earth,
my soul turns to lime-green jade.
~~~
At each stop he realises you can see how his thoughts and emotions start to shift and the slight changes that start to shine through in his perception of life. While not all of the poems offer a deep, profound insight with meaning, I did enjoy many of his poems and the memoir styled writing while still making it relatable is impressive.
🦄🦄🦄
Rated 7.5/10
Melina L.
but,
you'll never know.
Anyway,
Here's all I have to give;
words
I wrote on the back of a playbill
🦄🦄🦄
A Futile Attempt At Delaying the Inevitable is a poetry book by Adam Webb. Although at the surface the poems don't seem to tell a story and feel like a random collection of musings, one of the main themes of this book is locations. There are multiple times when the poet has referenced different places while including pictures at the same time to help the reader connect with it; for example the view of Chicago Lake Michigan from Wihala Beach.
The book's divided into two parts, the first part focuses on his realisation that he wants to be a writer while the second combines his love for writing and literature with his travels across the world as he learns about new cultures.
~~~
Somewhere in Doi Suthep, I Appreciate the Beauty of Life
The waterfall
in rock behind my beating heart
moves me with melody and rhythm;
a symphony and stone
enveloping me in a sprinkle wind.
As I stand on the dark red earth,
my soul turns to lime-green jade.
~~~
At each stop he realises you can see how his thoughts and emotions start to shift and the slight changes that start to shine through in his perception of life. While not all of the poems offer a deep, profound insight with meaning, I did enjoy many of his poems and the memoir styled writing while still making it relatable is impressive.
🦄🦄🦄
Rated 7.5/10
Melina L.
October 25, 2021
Adam Webb is a poet, teacher, and an aspiring translator living in Hamamatsu, Japan at the time of this book’s publication. Born and raised in Northwest Indiana, Adam now spends most of his time experiencing exotic cultures, discovering interesting literary works, and attempting to understand the human condition. In addition to the literary brilliance of Jorge Luis Borges, he loves the poetry of James Wright, Frederico Garcia Lorca, and Pablo Neruda as well as the fiction of Ernest Hemingway, Paulo Coelho, and Gabriel Garcia Marquez also the non-fiction of Carl Jung, Joseph Campbell, and Friedrich Nietzsche.
August 13, 2021
Part travel log, part photo book, part memoir.
Well written and well worth the read as it's full beautiful lines and beautiful pictures. I recommend this book to any poetry lover or just the casual poetry reader because it's full of interesting historical and art tidbits and fun to read!
Well written and well worth the read as it's full beautiful lines and beautiful pictures. I recommend this book to any poetry lover or just the casual poetry reader because it's full of interesting historical and art tidbits and fun to read!
October 4, 2020
Good narrative structure full of love, life, and travel.
January 22, 2024
🖍️ I greatly enjoyed reading this book of poetry – it is well-written, intelligent, and penned with clean language that reverberates with me. My favorite poem is "Life Scene." I especially like the references to northwest Indiana/northeast Illinois, places that are unexpected in poetry these days. 📗 I received a copy via the Goodreads Giveaway Program. Thank you to Adam Webb. for the opportunity. 😀
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July 8, 2024
"A Futile Attempt at Delaying the Inevitable" by Adam Webb is a thoughtful collection that dives into the inevitable changes in life. Webb's poetry is reflective and emotional, touching on themes like mortality and the futility of resisting change. His writing is accessible yet profound, making it easy for readers to connect with the universal human experience he describes.
January 25, 2024
Poems that make you feel and can be relatable to all. I wanted more back story to some of his poems which I know you do t necessarily get with poetry
June 25, 2024
I won this book through a Goodreads giveaway in exchange for an honest review. Thanks to PCFS Books for choosing me.
Quick read. I liked the poems, and I'm sure to add this to my recommendations whenever I get asked for a good poetry book.
Quick read. I liked the poems, and I'm sure to add this to my recommendations whenever I get asked for a good poetry book.
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