In The Frail

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Comprised of 26 poems made over a five-year period </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In the Frail </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>is a dialogue an invitation a collection of embodied verse. Crafted from the 1944 </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>Persons and Places</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)> by philosopher George Santayana these poems are composed not solely in a mind but channeled through a body: trimming and gluing selected syllables and phrases into new combinations-a tactile construction which requires care dexterity and an appreciation of imperfect shapes. The inherently visual poems speak to the value of salvage an ethos which is echoed in Erinn Kathryn's visual arts practice which frequently includes reclaimed materials. Welcoming to experienced and newer readers of poetry alike </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>In the Frail </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1)>is personal and communal reminding us we are all channels making and remaking meaning always.</span></p>