Fractured Glass

Poetry, in its varied forms, has been around for nearly as long as humans have attempted to communicate. From the “Epic of Gilgamesh” to Brown’s “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” long-form poetry delivers weighty narrative in gentle rhythms. Alternately, Ezra Pound’s, “In a Station of the Metro” and Emily Dickinson’s, ‘That it will never come again’, convey their emotion in brevity at only 2 lines each. Long or short, poetry is an integral part of the human discourse.
Though some poetry has well-defined rules, there are just as many ways a poem can break those rules and become its own being. You won’t find much in the way of structured verse in this volume. Although, you will find many pieces that do just exactly what poetry is meant to do: make you feel. However fleeting that feeling may be, poetry can often elicit deeply moving experiences within just a few stanzas. Passion. Pain. Joy. Terror. Laughter. Misery. Love. It’s here, within these pages. Do you feel it, too?
Featuring 11 pieces of art, drawn by 11 phenomenal artists to coincide with a poem they were given.