The Book of Frenzies

<p><strong style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>The Book of Frenzies</em></strong><span style=color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> reverberate with the ghosts of Kenneth Patchen and Kenneth Koch as the poet invents a universe of whimsical revelations. These poems powerfully reject ordinary logic moving instead by sheer negative capability. Gritty and zany as an early Bob Dylan song the poems delight full of iguanas crocodiles and people living on the edge. Lindsey captures the absurdity of the bright light of our days and the deep darkness of our nights. </span>Lindsey Martin-Bowen's comic often moving These poems powerfully reject ordinary logic and I find myself indulging in the poet's lofty imagination. These poems paint pictures sing songs tell jokes and sometimes cry over spilled milk as they walk their fanciful tightrope in a pink taffeta tutu smiling but only for serious effect. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>