Review of Time On Its Own by Kenneth Frost

Kenneth Frost writes poems with imagery that touches our nerve ends directly and demands our immediate response. His surreal juxtapositions are delivered for the most part with a slow jazzy beat. There is a poem for everyone here. Frost’s subjects range from landscapes to metaphysics, from spiders to theology. I read the last poem in the book first and I’m glad I did. It seems to set everything else up. I think it comes very very close to, in fact I think it caresses the relationship-conundrum between artist and art. Since this is a posthumous collection and the poem is short, I’ll quote it in its entirety. It’s called Suddenly and here it is,

 

there you are

in the

electric

eternity

of a dream.

 

Who shall I

tell them

you are

with your

long hair,

embodied light?

 

The poet’s question in the second stanza boasts of creative power and intimates a plethora of alternatives, yet the poem’s feel is weightless and lovely.

 For more of my review go here:  http://dougholder.blogspot.com/2012/12/time-on-its-own-by-kenneth-frost.html