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The
Ferment of Images features poems by Albert Russo,
Andy Harding, Beverly Joy McCormick Weber, Brian
Beaudry, Charmane Rae Kelley, Del Senkbeil, Donald
Edward Kidd, Floriana Berdyck Hall, Frances J.
Gallon, Gerald G. Morrison, Dr. Henry Victor,
Martin A. Enticknap, Michael D Lawson, R. Leland
Waldrip, Rebecca Guile Hudson, Rose Marie
Streeter, Sharon Flynn, Shirley Bolstok, William
August Kobs and Yvonne Sparkes. Their poetry shows
the impact of psychology, anthropology,
metaphysics, quest for new values to guide our
life in a world almost conquered by Information
Technology, globalization, and terrorism. Are we
facing the moral, intellectual and social crisis?
... all these contemporary poets reveal the
sensibility of the post-modern era in their own
individual voice and rhythm. The most
extraordinary thing about these poets is their
diversity in excellence, and their faith in
"a series of luminous points" or
intensities.
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THE
FERMENT OF IMAGES
(ANTHOLOGY OF POEMS
2004)
Edited By: Dr.
Santosh Kumar Binding: Paperback (pp: 272) ISBN: 81-8253-005-9
Availability: In Stock (Ships within 1 to 2
days) Publisher: Cyberwit.net Pub. Date: 2004
Condition: New
Description: Sir Philip
Sidney (1554-1586) aptly remarked in An Apology
For Poetry (1580): "Nature never set forth
the earth in so rich tapestry as diverse poets
have done, neither with pleasant rivers, fruitful
trees, sweet smelling flowers, nor whatsoever else
may make the too much loved earth more lovely. Her
world brazen, the poets only delver a golden." The Ferment of Images features some
of the most distinguished poems by international
authors. Here we find a world of sublime emotions,
psychological depth, complex emotional processes,
an extraordinary awareness of beauty, a highly
subtle moral self-examination, and a spiritual
stress. In some of the poems of this volume, we
notice something in common with expressionism and surrealism, Freudism, existentialism,
etc. The innovations and experiments in style of
these poets are remarkable, and reveal "the
dramatization of consciousness, the dramatic
realization of mind" (Raymond Williams). There
remains much truth in T.S. Eliot's statement
made in 1928: "We must find a new form of verse
which shall be as satisfactory a vehicle for us as
blank verse was for the Elizabethans."
I trust that a great number of innovations
and new verse forms employed by the poets selected
for The Ferment of Images will inspire
other authors to mould fresh techniques in the
framework of postmodern sensibility. The poets
writing during the present times should "weave
modern everyday situations into the framework of
an ancient myth and then winnow and deepen these
situations down to the point where, through the
transparency of the naturalistic surface shines
the immanent, perennial reality of affective
truths which are valid for all men at all times"
(J. Chiari).
The poets included in The Ferment of
Images are justly distinguished by an apt
felicity of style, descriptive power, and images
exploring reality. The Ferment of Images features some of the greatest masters of images
and metaphor, brought together in perfect concert
and harmony. This is one of Cyberwit's most
perfect anthologies, and the volume is sure to
create the most powerful impact on the reader's
mind. This masterpiece anthology is a wonder of
ingenuity and art, since it has been printed after
a very careful selection of the poems. All the seductions and magic
of poetry are visible in The Ferment of Images.
The poets show great heights of intense poetry and
imaginative force.
The Ferment of Images
features poets
capable of creating
the infinitely complicated patterns of the
postmodern ethos. The great discovery of these
authors is an apt use of concrete image, and they
succeed in revealing its ample range by
experiment. The poets of The Ferment of Images prefer the bitter realities to a monotonous
dream-world of exaggerated emotionalism. The
artists included in The Ferment of Images "delight in the whole man-blood, imagination,
intellect, running together", and they have also
found a new joy both in conversational language
and symbols. These poets understand as well as
Blake "that ruins of time build mansions in
eternity." Here we find an extraordinary
adequacy of poetic communication, which provides a
pattern and coherence to the insights of the poets
selected for The Ferment of Images. The
Ferment of Images stirs us, and gives birth to
aesthetic pleasure, enchanting our minds and
hearts both.
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