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Salt Holds No Secrets But This
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ISBN10: 1958182052
ISBN13: 9781958182055
Publisher: Spartan Press
Published: Jun 8 2022
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781958182055
Publisher: Spartan Press
Published: Jun 8 2022
Pages: 68
Weight: 0.18
Height: 0.16 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
As has been amply evidenced in his previous works, Steve Brisendine has the uncanny ability to put those unfathomable emotions which are germinated by the uncertainty of life into the perfect words. Salt Holds No Secret but This is no exception. If anything, it's a perfect example of Brisendine's skill in crafting the perfect poem to transport the reader to an exact moment. Something as deceptively simple as: Summer/writes itself in/rockabilly riffs and/termite scrawls/on a 2x2, gives the audience an instant front row seat in the concert of the moment. Deftly intertwining enviable word economy with relatable situations, metaphor, and depth, this book holds secrets that will only be unlocked through multiple readings. Brisendine warns us, Art must go unmasked and contagious, and Salt Holds No Secret but This does just that, permeating the reader's consciousness with a truth rarely seen, and certainly seldom expressed. Be warned: as with all good art, after reading Steve Brisendine's latest, There will be a scar.
-James Benger author of From the Back (Spartan
Press, 2020)
-Paul Koniecki, Terrible Grace (Luchador Press, 2022)
-Jason Baldinger, This Still Life (co-authored with
James Benger, Kung Fu Treachery Press, 2022)
In his latest offering, Salt Holds No Secret But This, Steve Brisendine masterfully tackles big issues like death and pain. He expertly weaves Biblical allusions and concepts together with everyday experiences. For example, he plays with the prophetic concepts of foretelling and forthtelling. He refers to the cloud by day and the fire by night that guided the Israelites when they left Egypt. Yet he shows us his drunk friend passed out on the kitchen floor. Like e.e. cummings, Brisendine plays with punctuation (particularly the parentheses) to guide the reader through each poem. He reminds us that wisdom knows both rules and when to stomp them into bits, and that pain redeems. We come away with a wordless hymn to the Architect of thorn trees and broken glass that is both fresh and compelling.
-Beth Gulley, A Sticky Note Alphabet (Alien Buddha Press, 2021)
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