A Poetry Archive

<p>He's like the bird in a cage </p><p>in a pit </p><p>in a tunnel </p><p>and he sings just to celebrate air.</p><p><br></p><p>Something . . .Everything . . .Nothing . . .</p><p><br></p><p>What do you write when you are learning to be a poet? What do you not write? Is there a breath of air taken that doesn't contain a poem buried within it?</p><p><br></p><p>lord this is earth </p><p>I am alone too far from </p><p>water-blue we look </p><p>from where you gaze on us . . .</p><p><br></p><p>A Poetry Archive visits Frank Prem's early days as a poet. Volume 1 is the first of two collections written between 1998 - 2003 and reveals the emergence of a distinctive poetic voice.</p><p><br></p><p>shall I write for you dear reader </p><p>the way a fish might do </p><p>in swirls and circles through the water . . .</p><p><br></p><p>Wild Arancini Press is delighted to bring you this wonderful journal of a poet's beginnings.</p><p><br></p>