a flake from a leaf in the Book of Kells it is all that is left behind a life lived without ornament the details hidden the black hours implicit in design. it is the secret world of the page we create the ornate foliage and flourishes embellished with ink the color of blood. it is what makes us most alive this catalog of imagined beasts made real with freehand stroke and sweeping line. they are the faded icons of lost desire, tendrils of ivy leaf and burnished gold. they are fictions of innocence betrayed parables of faith a child’s crude drawing of paradise remembered
Ken Cathers has just published his eighth book of poetry entitled Home Town with Impspired Press in England. He has also recently published two chapbooks, one entitled Kiefer by broke press and the other entitled Legoland Noir by Block Party Press. His work has appeared in publications from Canada, the United States, Australia, Ireland, England, India, Hong Kong and Africa. His current work continues to explore the boundaries of poetic form and subject matter.
Amethyst Review 