$14.99
“Robin Kemkes’ poems in Meet the Blue reside in the spaces between mythology and the north woods. Her words “slip through a crack in the sky,” into a place that can be sometimes dark and foreboding. Kemkes uses luscious imagery, so the reader can smell “fertile decay,” see the “miniscule universe of moss.” Her use of unexpected line breaks adds to the poems’ magic. Juxtaposed with Georgian mythology and villages of the Greater Caucasus, Kemkes’ poems allow readers to find connections to the poet’s world(s) located somewhere inside.”
–Karla Huston, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2017-2018
“Written with a clear voice and a moral center, the poems in Meet the Blue explore the melancholy of a shifting time and the beauty left in its wake. Robin Kemkes composes lines that are rich yet sparse, in rhythms that evoke the mood of ritual. She moves with grace and nuance across landscapes of myth and late empire, into the layers of inner experience where she writes with attention to mystery. Long after reading, one is left with a feeling of affection for the worlds this book has brought to life.”
–Sean Akerman, author of The Magnitudes
Meet the Blue
by Robin J. Kemkes
$14.99, paper
978-1-63534-898-9
2019
ROBIN J. KEMKES grew up exploring the forests, rivers, and lakes of northern Minnesota. Her poems reflect changing inner and outer landscapes in rural places. She holds a PhD in Economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Robin has taught at Bennington College and Northland College. She currently lives in Ashland, Wisconsin.
Bill Keeton (verified owner) –
This is a collection of intensely evocative and soulful poems. It takes you deep into the forest and across the landscape, expressing sensations all wanderers will find oddly familiar. Fluid writing. Highly recommended.