"Along A Ruined Sea"

Larry Kuechlin

978-0-9563303-0-7
Extent: 92 pages (6 illus), Size - 216 x 140 (8.5 x 5.5in)
Paperback - Special First Ed. Amer, illus
World Rights
First Published 2008
Suggested retail: $16.95

In "Along The Ruined Sea", the promise of Kuechlin's passage towards being a poet of influence is in every line. Kuechlin's verbal style is lyricism founded with its poetical feet firmly in personal feeling as opposed to relying solely on rhyme schemes. Without floundering in maudlin self-introspection, Kuechlin is an intensely musical read with drama and impact presented in moments like molecules.

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Of Water

Above the Canyon, and long with me, you
lie under the voice of Talking God. Our
sky drifts down a unison of souls to
soft ruin. I am so weary in this hour,

weary in the steps of my Fathers. O!
My heart; I have never been of these words!
I am of water; a life in the flow
along Anasazi canyons, seaward

down the San Juan as night paints an indigo
pony, roan deep to calico: a burl
among quiet cedars. My eyes; so slow:
our fire flickers to fade, as smoke curls

the rise of final hands to prayerful rain;
the earth rising up; blood of my blood again.

- Larry, Kuechlin "Along A Ruined Sea" @ 2008

This Special Edition Illustrated, second amer, is scheduled for release September, 2009. Featuring the striking photography of Ian Howlett on the cover and an additional six inserts of stunning Black & White photography from the works of photographers such as Sarah Boyd, Kelly Hayner and Larry Kuechlin himself, this book will be a pleasure to read, and re-read. Over and over again.

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