Resonance. Poetry Collection by Gary Beck

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Gary Beck is a prolific writer with a number of poetry collections already to his name. Much of his work has a clipped, concise almost journalistic narrative approach about it, it is their serial processing which gives them their poetic content. In this latest volume there is also sociological reflection and commentary but often the works become more moody, enriching the poetry style and form, involved in personal relationships, as well as, on various occasions expressing the sensuous side of the poet’s nature. – Editor Robin Ouzman Hislop.
 
Resonance is a collection of poems that looks at individual and cultural experiences from this complicated world in which some receive rewards but others are punished and pushed to the brink of despair.
 
“Mr. Beck is a talent not to be ignored.” – Alison McBain – Bewildering Stories
 
“Very impressive poems” -Dead Snakes Magazine
 
“The noir voice and objectivity of each piece is unique and exploratory, very delightful reads” -Media Virus Magazine
 
“Awesome! I love the language” -Graffiti Magazine
 

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          Resonance is a 136 page poetry volume. Available in paperback with a retail price of $8.00 and eBook with a retail price of $1.99. ISBN 1523916400 Published through Dreaming Big Publications. and available now through all major retailers. For more information or to request a review copy:DreamingBigPublications@outlook.com.
           
          This is the voice of one man singing… About the Cuban Missile Crisis – October, 1962
           
          Boy, dey yanked me outa the warmtha
          me mudders body.
          Wow, dey beat me when I played
          wit meself.
          Dey made me go to school
          and listen to all da crap.
          My old man kicked my ass
          when I played hookey.
          I went to high school,
          joined a gang.
          I got caught stealin.
          The cops beat me up.
          I quit school
          knocked up a broad
          and her old man made me marry her.
          We got two fuggin kids
          who never stop screamin.
          The fuggin house is fallin ta pieces.
          The fuggin union wants more dues.
          The snotty bastard at the bowling alley
          always makes these wise cracks.
          The fuggin phone company
          is shuttin off the phone.
          The old lady is a fuggin slob.
          After a hard day’s work
          I can’t even sit down and enjoy a fuggin can of beer.
          I hope they use their fuggin rockets.
           
          Gary Beck has spent most of his adult life as a theater director, and as an art dealer when he couldn’t make a living in theater. He has 11 published chapbooks. His poetry collections include: Days of Destruction (Skive Press), Expectations (Rogue Scholars Press). Dawn in Cities, Assault on Nature, Songs of a Clerk, Civilized Ways, Displays (Winter Goose Publishing). Fault Lines, Perceptions, Tremors and Perturbations will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. Conditioned Response (Nazar Look). Resonance (Dreaming Big Press). His novels include: Extreme Change (Cogwheel Press) Acts of Defiance (Artema Press). Flawed Connections (Black Rose Writing). Call to Valor will be published by Gnome on Pigs Productions. His short story collection, A Glimpse of Youth (Sweatshoppe Publications). Now I Accuse and other stories will be published by Winter Goose Publishing. His original plays and translations of Moliere, Aristophanes and Sophocles have been produced Off Broadway. His poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in hundreds of literary magazines. He currently lives in New York City.
           
           
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      Transforming with Hamza Lakhal. Inkwell Arts. Leeds. UK.

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      Transforming Poetry
       
      Editor’s Intro: we spend an evening with Transforming Poetry at the Inkwell Arts Centre. Leeds. Uk. It is introduced by Tony Martin Woods, a Spanish born poet, who teaches Spanish studies at Leeds University and who has been resident with his English family in Leeds for the last 20 odd years. This month’s session of local poets focuses under the title heading Transforming with Hamza Lakhal, a Saharwi from the Western Sahara, now occupied by Morocco, to whome it was sold by the Spanish in 1975. Hamza’s poetry is presented in Arabic following classical Arabic lyricalism but with political, social reference to the oppression of his peoples in the Western Occupied Sahara. Some translations together with readings are provided by Hamza with the local poets. Further intro into the background is also given throughout the evening by different speakers and poets together with their own blend of preach, protest, diatribe political poetry, making for an interesting evening looking into the heart of the British Midlands. Robin Ouzman Hislop
       
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      Adam Levon Brown Review

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      4/5 Stars
       
      Review of All The Babble of the Souk
      By Robin Ouzman Hislop
       
      I had the great pleasure of reviewing “All the Babble of the Souk” by a very experienced and talented poet, Robin Ouzman Hislop.
      The book is split into the two parts, The first part is “All the Babble and the Souk 1” and is very short in comparison to the second part, “All the Babble and the Souk 2”.
       
      Reader beware, this poet is on a different level. Do not read this if you don’t want to engage your essence in a series of fantastic life/mind changing events. Many of the poems herein push the boundaries between science and philosophy and develop a sense of doubt within the reader. These poems carry you on a cosmological, philosophical journey that is sure to leave you speechless and thinking on deeper frequencies.
       
      Part 1
       
      These are just a few of my favorites from part one.
       
      From the very start with the poem “Africa North,” Hislop captures the reader in a vivid description of a thriving cityscape filled with many sensuous sensations. The poem “Passage” is a psychological view into the mind of the modern human. The poem, “Non Linear” focuses on the inception of homo Sapiens and how the system we created dwarfs us into a microcosm of everything around us.
       
      Part 2
       
      The second part is filled to the brim with intellectually stimulating pieces that deserve at least a second read through. The poem “Accident” grasped me and made me think of past events that I thought were lost forever.
      The poem, “Slant” is written in sections such as, “on the Bus” and details philosophical messages the author has gained through these experiences. I very much enjoyed this poem as it is raw, delves deep into the mind of the poet and presents the inner workings of the brain.
      The poem, “Edge” touches on what I believe is our greatest political and existential battle; human extinction.
       
      Conclusion
       
      This book changed my perspective on the human experience. Highly recommended to anyone who is into philosophy and isn’t afraid to take a step in a different direction.
       
       
       
       
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      Adam Levon Brown is a poet and author residing in Eugene, Oregon. He has one published poetry book out, Musings of a Madman, which is a collection of poems made to enlighten and inspire the reader. Adam attributes his love of poetry to the many great poets he discovered in the school library during his formative years. He enjoys listening to political hip hop music and is a political activist himself.
       
       
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      “Visionaries Behind the Stars,” Janet Kuypers’ Chicago 9/12/14 Poetry “Love Letter” Periodic Table of Poetry feature

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      In one of Janet Kuypers’ installments of Periodic Table of Poetry poem readings (in her effort to write a poem for every element in the Periodic Table, to later become a book), Janet Kuypers was the feature at “Poetry ‘Love Letter’” in Chicago on September 12th 2014 (9/12/14) with “Visionaries Behind the Stars”.

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      the 9/12/14 Visionaries Behind the Stars Janet Kuypers chapbook
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      Visionaries Behind the Stars chapbook,
      w/ Periodic Table of Poetry poems.

       

      Writings included in this show:
      Seaborgium
      Meitnerium
      Berkelium
      Hassium
      Dubnium

      The Movie Guys Judy Chaikin Girls in the Band

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      The Movie Guys Judy Chaikin Girls in the Band

      The Movie Guys interview Judy Chaikin whose recent movie The Girls in the Band is now available on video.  Lady musicians is a cause Artvilla took up as part of our series on Lady Jazz Musicians.

      The Movie guys is a fun show and, in this segment, Judy Chaikins talks about her start in film. We catch a glimpse of another industry where women have a hard time breaking into, movies. Oh, like music they are there as a singer or actress, but encounter barriers when it comes to the jobs behind the scenes, like director or producer. In many ways Judy is a pioneer in film just like the women musicians she presents in The Girls in the Band. 

      As a lad on the farm, I learned that, if I wanted that basketball goal, I had to drag that tree down the hill by myself. Judy learned that, as a woman in Hollywood, she had to buy the camera herself and go out and do it anyway. Golly bravo way to go!

      After going to listen to the Lady Jazzers on our page at Artvilla, I have come to know a difference in the music that shows exactly what is broken about our media. Whether it’s music or film or TV, our art is missing its other half. By repressing the female expression we are missing the difference and “vive la différence”. The music of the men is competitive, fast and distinctly male. The music of the women is softer, not competitive and soothing.

      The film and TV of the male is brash, exciting, and loud. We are missing the composed, the well written, the intelligent, the quiet which can be exciting. Our media has hit a wall by being one sided. It’s time to allow for more pioneers like Judy Chaikin to bring us out of our malaise.

      Watch the Movie Guys on their YouTube Channel. Their show is downright good banter about movies and worth the subscription. They do need to work on their own filming a bit. I would suggest not hiding your guest behind a microphone.

      ……..David Michael Jackson