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small flowers crack concrete: eyeku and conceptual minimalism

small flowers crack concrete: eyeku and conceptual minimalism

Watkins, R. W.

Paperback

Series: Poetical Perspectives, Book 5

General Poetry

ISBN10: 1703980689
ISBN13: 9781703980684
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Oct 31 2019
Pages: 28
Weight: 0.11
Height: 0.06 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A sequel of sorts to Waka-Cola, R. W. Watkins's Small Flowers Crack Concrete is the fifth title in the Poetical Perspectives series from Nocturnal Iris. A blend of visual haiku (or 'eyeku') and conceptual minimalism, this short volume transcends the basic nature themes of traditional haiku, and pays tribute to those painters, musicians and fellow poets who have employed understatement as a technique and concept as a motive in their artistic output. Hence the poetic references to the styles and subjects of Raymond Roseliep, Yves Klein, Frank Stella, John Cage and Sonic Youth. Many of these poems, it is worth noting, originally appeared several years ago in such classic avant-garde journals as Dorothy Howard's RAW NerVZ Haiku and John M. Bennett's Lost & Found Times. In what is possibly his most conceptual and visually sparse suite of poems, Watkins explores the boundaries between haiku and minimalism, form and empty space-effectively saying something about everything and everything about nothing.

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