Floodlight Editions – Fevers of the Mind

Variance

Thinking of Lou Reed. and New York City

that was and is /now gone…gone….so
still …the fragile shards of some unreasonable flower from half empty pockets torn from old coats ….entwines and blooms so there still this vibrant pulse ….the fleeting skein of some dense architectonic memory….always leaving, yet inside the vein beneath my skin and at twilight you are still there too and leave a card beside the wall on a scattered table….the pulse, the pulse….that I think is….though also ….gone….

For Lou Reed (1978)

fragile unreasonable flower
old full-length black autumn coat with pockets
dogeared post card against a wall
drifts from a scattered table
books letters notebooks
bloom inside the entwined half-full
shards inside this midtown Manhattan
SRO hotel

In the cold
In the cold vibrant twilight
In the cold vibrant
In the twilight
In cold twilight

5 poems inspired by Leonard Cohen by Robert Frede Kenter (Before I Turn Into Gold Day)

Poem for a Russian Grandmother in Exile by Robert Frede Kenter w/ A Painting by Moira J. Saucer

4 poems from Robert Frede Kenter in Avalanches in Poetry

An Interview with Robert Frede Kenter of Icefloe Press

4 poems by Robert Frede Kenter published in Fevers of the Mind Press Presents the Poets of 2020

Wolfpack Contributor: Robert Frede Kenter

Robert Frede Kenter is a 2020 pushcart nominee, poet, visual artist, editor and the publisher of Ice FloePress. Currently living in Toronto, work is published widely, incl. Floodlight Editions, Cypress, Burning House Press, Anthropocene, New Quarterly, Grain, Prairie Fire, Going Down Swinging, Fascist Panties, Cough, Fevers Of. The hybrid, Audacity of Form (2019), is available from Ice Floe Press. Check out Robert’s latest book “Eden” with Floodlight Editions.

Eden is a selection of hybrid pareidolia poetry which glides within abstract visions. Robert Frede Kenter’s mirrored shards dangle inside sensory gardens. Smoke encircles words communicating raw politics and myth through jazzy vibrations twinkling in the shadows. Kenter’s poetry contorts paint, collage, drawn figures, photos, and found text. This imaginative collection, along with his other works and collaborations spanning more than three decades, solidify his place in the experimental poetry scene.

— Margaret Viboolsittiseri

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1081912272/eden-robert-frede-kenter

1. cartographer’s bone picked with the equestrian stampeding ensued bicoastal defamation rewrite historical maps 2. in dull recesses find the neon imago mother’s milk to drink reawaken unified not god but cultured creature 3. small wind instruments tickling the widow’s ear heady blandishments 4. sky’s furrowed tendrils lightening revives the dragon exhumes vile bones goliaths of an old tribe discarded relics 5. black air raising hairs prickling the needle neck red limbless ocean eels traversing coastlines Persephone on lookout 6. rending of the sea ghosts preying on destruction aligned with their posts islanders abandoning ships swashbuckler’s bad omen 7. grandiose ghazal sultry arabian night fiddler’s heaven dripping wax overexcites opium cloud dynasty 8. meditative snowfall unconscionable tension cathartic release noon hour crowds dissipating solace behind coloured glass 9. thrush’s old singsong head north before nerves kick in 10. plows in the distance prizeworthy lineation stones heaving in the mud 11. galvanized breezeway intimate pyrotechnics bubbles among stars 12. nightmarish dungeon somnambulist skeletons mourn finality last rites for fallen angels black flower necropolis 13. ashram for your thoughts yellow moths grow from tall grass mood can be anchor draw an ocean with a glance smell the brine off flying fish 14. winged ritual birds scaling belltowers wind breaking current gleam of passing vehicles splitting the time barrier 15. vermillion sluice zombie rats lining spillways deadbolted prey eyeless momento mori hail the bony chimera 16. memorial park widows placing spring flowers dewy bloodshot eyes groundskeeper whistling tunes keys jangling on their ring Bio: Samuel Strathman is a poet, author, visual artist, and educator. He was also the editor-in-chief of Floodlight Editions. Some of his poems have appeared or are forthcoming in Cobra Milk, I-70 Review, Prole, and other magazines and journals. His debut poetry collection, "Omnishambles" is forthcoming with Ice Floe Press (2022). A Fevers of the Mind Quick-9 Interview with Samuel Strathman Poetry by Samuel Strathman from Fevers of the Mind Anthologies

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2 Poems for Lou Reed by Robert Frede Kenter : Variance (2 parts)

Tanka/Haiku style poetry showcase from Samuel Stathman