The Rube Goldberg Variations

<p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>The interconnectivity and absurdity of the world is on full display in The Rube Goldberg Variations a book of poetry that uses the inspiration of twelve-tone music acrostic and variations of double sestinas to create a sonorous rhythmic collection that is greater than the sum of its parts...</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>- Martin Ott</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> </span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Inspired by one of Bach's masterworks Leonard Temme's </span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>Rube Goldberg Variations</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> is a </span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>tour de force</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>. . .To enjoy Temme's poetic imagination one doesn't need to be the poetry craftsman he is; but in addition to the poem having him reveal . . . how he masters the arcane rules of this venerable </span><em style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>ars reservata</em><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)> is awe-inspiring. . . the work is beautiful. It deserves to be read often just as the Goldberg must be heard often to reveal its intricacies. Both require a similar attentive interaction with the reader.</span></p><p><span style=color: rgba(83 90 98 1)>- Frans von Rossum</span></p>