Author/Poet: G. C. Rosenquist
ISBN: 0976901781
Established writer and poet, G.C Rosenquist has penned his first poetry book, Super Elastic Traveling Sound Circus, which consists of fifty diverse and very metaphoric poems.
The book begins with a statement from the author on the meaning of the book and what motivated him to compose these poems.
“A poem, to me, is a novel condensed to its most important and essential elements…This is a raw open wound: do I want the reader to know this?”
Expressing a variety of emotions in his words, the poems are well written, insightful and very symbolic. Each poem conveys a message and I liked how Rosenquist wrote a small paragraph at the top of each poem, to add more meaning to its work.
On the whole, the book is a galactic journey, an open wound, a philosophical discourse, or maybe just a simple explanation of his life.
My favorite poems in the book are: Friendship Down, Kite, Coma, Circle and Old Man. There was a special meaning and wit to those poems and I was able to relate to the sentiments they communicate. Quotes:
Kite: “That for a kite to fly / It must be anchored to the ground”
Circle: “I went to the mountaintops / I found the truth up there / Didn’t like what I was told / So I went back home again”
Old Man: “You see me through eyes that deny their age / With spider-leg fingers, paper-skin wrapped / Brown leaf bones and a weathered, velvet head / You’re much stronger than I am”
The above review was contributed by: Manuela Pop, writer and author. To read Manuela's reviews CLICK HERE
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