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    Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending
    Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending
    Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending
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    Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending

    By Bob MacKenzie

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    “somewhere still in wind the tree is bending” by well-known Kingston, Ontario poet, Bob MacKenzie, is a collection of poems by a poet who observes the world through a photographic lens, telling stories that are scenes with moody undertones. Shaped by film noir and set to the beat of blues, Bob MacKenzie's landscapes are filled with remote figures and portraits of apparitions. This poet writes with jazz in mind, and of that which perseveres, as the title suggests. His words reflect on relationships, to others, ers, to self, as he writes: “A mind is a large empty room, In which two persons meet”.
    ~Kathleen Reichelt, writer and co-director of
    1000 Islands Film & Stage Artist Residency

    This new MacKenzie book of poetry, whether intentionally or not, seems written with musicians in mind. Musicians who read it will be glad they have music. Any not so blessed may wish they played something, anything. A jazz musician and historian, I was inclined to tap my foot and imagine how I might play along to the beautiful but haunting lyrics, indeed the implied melodies and harmonies of so much in this remarkable book. But halfway in, a poem entitled “and I will dance,” seemed to say it all, and say it best. MacKenzie's poetry in this instance to be sure “is playing with a solid beat” and from the heart, raging against the world, calling upon children at heart, from far and wide, high and low, to come and dance with him to the beat.
    ~ Clyde Forsberg, jazz musician and historian

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSilver Bow Publishing
    Release dateJul 2, 2018
    ISBN9781927616765
    Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending
    Author

    Bob MacKenzie

    Canadian novelist, poet, and arts commentator and critic Bob MacKenzie has been widely published across North America in newspapers, magazines, and journals, as on regional and national radio across North America. Bob has published seven books of poetry and prose and his work has been featured in numerous anthologies. His poems have been reproduced by visual artists and sculptors and a public art gallery has devoted an entire visual arts exhibition to his poetry. He is possibly the only poet to have visual-art versions of his poetry owned by the Canada Council's National Art Bank. Bob has received a number of awards for his writing, including Ontario Arts Council grant for literature. With the performance ensemble Poem de Terre, he has performed much of his poetry live with original music and has released six albums. Throughout his career, Bob has also presented performances by other artists.

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      Somewhere Still in Wind the Tree is Bending - Bob MacKenzie

      Somewhere Still In Wind The Tree Is Bending

      by Bob MacKenzie

      Silver Bow Publishing

      Published by Silver Bow Publishing at Smashwords

      Copyright 2018 Silver Bow Publishing

      ISBN: 978-1-927616-76-5 (electronic book)

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      The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,

      Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit

      Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,

      Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.

      ~ Omar Khayyám, Rubáiyát,

      trans. Edward FitzGerald

      somewhere still in wind the tree is bending

      Bob MacKenzie

      Title: somewhere still in wind the tree is bending

      © 2018 Silver Bow Publishing

      Author: Bob MacKenzie

      Cover Art: ‘Survival’ by Richard Gold

      All rights reserved including the right to reproduce or translate

      this book or any portions thereof, in any form

      Foreword

      In cooking, often a recipe needs only to be introduced to an onion to achieve

      the perfect flavour. The flavour of this collection would not be all that it is without the support and patience of a very special onion who has become

      an important

      part of the stew that is my life.

      I also thank poets John Ambury, Joseph Anthony Farina, and Meg Freer who

      have looked over the manuscript for this book and offered valuable suggestions;

      the many individuals in all the poetry communities through which I have passed

      and who have given helpful suggestions on various of these poems; and family

      and friends who have been so supportive of me over the course of my career.

      Acknowledgements

      Versions of some of the poems in this collection have been previously published

      by: Alien Pub Magazine, Alive, Big Pond Rumours, Free Lit Magazine,

      Generation, Literary Review of Canada, Modicum, Ottawa Poetry Magazine,

      Quoin, Rat's Ass Review, Speak Out, Special Song, Stanza Room Only,

      Stimulus, Thee Hellbox Press, The Tower, and Ultraviolet Magazine.

      The long poem Edge is indebted to many sources and influences, including:

      Desiderata (Max Ehrmann), Howl (Allen Ginsberg), If I Had aHammer

      (Pete Seeger & Lee Hays), Still Falls the Rain (Dame Edith Sitwell),

      The Hollow Men (Thomas Stearns Eliot), The Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock

      (Thomas Stearns Eliot), The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

      (trans. Edward Fitzgerald), The Second

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