The Reincarnation of a Love Bird

<p class=ql-align-center><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>Like Delacroix capturing the Romanticism & exotic Orientalism of Northern Africa in bold paintings this collection unravels time flesh and form rendering this poetry a fevered hallucination of history...</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>In </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Reincarnation of the Lovebird</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> poet </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Kollin Kennedy</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> returns with a richly imagined collection that moves away from sonnets and embraces the elegant power of </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Ottava Rima</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>-the Italian verse form favored by Byron and Tasso. With precise meter and lush rhyme Kennedy brings to life a world where poetry is nothing short of avant-garde.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Each poem in this collection is steeped in the visual grandeur of 17th- and 18th-century painting. Here Amida Nyorai floats in infinite light Ysabel Domènech dances like a goddess reborn and Bacchus true to his divine nature as the god of wine intoxicates the revelers in a poem inspired by Velázquez's iconic painting.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Two signature pieces mark Kennedy's boldest stylistic leaps: </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Homage to Eugène Delacroix</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a high Romantic tribute to art as revolution and </span><em style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>The Egyptian Chess Players</em><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> a surreal cubist-inspired experiment blending Tadema's classical luxury with Picasso's disassembled form.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>With its authentic voice intricate forms and ambitious themes this collection explores love war decay transcendence and the haunting duality of the sacred and profane. Kennedy paints with language the way old masters used oil-every line dense with texture every stanza paying homage to mythic memory.</span></p><p class=ql-align-justify></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Perfect for readers of classical poetry art lovers literary mystics and anyone drawn to the wild crossroads of decadence and devotion </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)><em>The Reincarnation of the Lovebird</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(0 0 0 0); color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> presents a poetic world reborn.</span></p><p></p>