Casey Carter's Blog, page 3
September 30, 2016
2008 Books Read
1) Goodbye Mr. Enderby- Anthony Burgess
2) 2001 A Space Odyssey- A. C. Clarke
3) 2010 A Space Odyssey- A. C. Clarke
4) A Childhoods End- A. C. Clarke
5) Tropic of Cancer- Henry Miller
6) The Teachings of Don Juan- Carlos Casteneda
7) Book of Friends- Henry Miller
8) The Warriors of Day- James Blish
9) Cats Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut Jr
10) Timequake- Kurt Vonnegut Jr
11) The Dharma Bums- Jack Kerouac
12) God Emperor of Dune- Frank Herbert
13) Dolphin Island- A. C. Clarke
2) 2001 A Space Odyssey- A. C. Clarke
3) 2010 A Space Odyssey- A. C. Clarke
4) A Childhoods End- A. C. Clarke
5) Tropic of Cancer- Henry Miller
6) The Teachings of Don Juan- Carlos Casteneda
7) Book of Friends- Henry Miller
8) The Warriors of Day- James Blish
9) Cats Cradle- Kurt Vonnegut Jr
10) Timequake- Kurt Vonnegut Jr
11) The Dharma Bums- Jack Kerouac
12) God Emperor of Dune- Frank Herbert
13) Dolphin Island- A. C. Clarke
September 4, 2016
2007 Books Read
1) Generation of Swine- HST
2) Songs of the Doomed- HST
3) Screwjack- HST
4) Black Spring- Henry Miller
5) Citizen of the Galaxy- Robert Heinlein
6) The Virgin and the Gypsy- D.H.Lawrence
7) Tolkein Biography- LEJ
8) The Vicar of Nibblewick- Roald Dahl
9) Better than Sex- HST
10) Wilderness- Jim Morrison
11) Aller retour New York- Henry Miller
12) The Umbrella Man- Roald Dahl
13) The Mission of Art- Alex Grey
14) Songs of Innocence and Experience- William Blake
2) Songs of the Doomed- HST
3) Screwjack- HST
4) Black Spring- Henry Miller
5) Citizen of the Galaxy- Robert Heinlein
6) The Virgin and the Gypsy- D.H.Lawrence
7) Tolkein Biography- LEJ
8) The Vicar of Nibblewick- Roald Dahl
9) Better than Sex- HST
10) Wilderness- Jim Morrison
11) Aller retour New York- Henry Miller
12) The Umbrella Man- Roald Dahl
13) The Mission of Art- Alex Grey
14) Songs of Innocence and Experience- William Blake
July 13, 2016
BOOKS READ (2006)
1) Great Shark Hunt- H.S.T
2) LSD Story- John Cashman
3) Big Roundup- Ken Kesey
4) The Woman Who Fell from the Sky- Joy Harjo
5) Pomes All Sizes- Jack Kerouac
6) Illuminations- Aurthur Rimbaud
2) LSD Story- John Cashman
3) Big Roundup- Ken Kesey
4) The Woman Who Fell from the Sky- Joy Harjo
5) Pomes All Sizes- Jack Kerouac
6) Illuminations- Aurthur Rimbaud
June 27, 2016
BOOKS READ (1998-2005)
1) Sexus, Plexus, Nexus- Henry Miller
2) The Birth of Tragedy- Friedrich Nietzsche
3) Oscar Wilde Poetry
4) Roald Dahl
5) Dune 1, 2, 3
6) John Keats Poetry
7) Hothouse, Starship- Brian Aldiss
8) William Butler Yeats Poetry
9) Catcher in the Rye- Salinger
10) Ray Bradbury
11) Hobbit, LOR- J.R.R. Tolkein
12) A Season in Hell-Arthur Rimbaud
13) A Space Odyssey 1, 2, 3- Arthur C. Clarke
14) Lord of the Flies
15) Thus Spake Zarathustra- Friedrich Nietzsche
16) Edgar Allen Poe Poetry/Stories
17) Walden
18) Charles Dickens Stories
19) Flowers of Evil, Paris Spleen- Charles Baudelaire
20) Dubliners- James Joyce
21) Wadsworth/Wordsworth Poetry
22) The Art Spirit- Robert Henri
23) The Shinning- Stephen King
24) Hannibal- Thomas Harris
25) Shakespeare- Hamlet, Midsummers Night, Sonnets, Romeo and Juliet
26) Long Afternoon on Earth- Brian Aldiss
27) Kahil Gibran
28) Ralph Waldo Emerson- Nature
29) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
30) Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry, Dr. Jekyll
31) Comics- Spawn, Pitt, X-Men, Deathblow, Wolverine, Venom, Batman and Spiderman
32) Quiet Days in Clichy- Henry Miller
33) Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
34) Player Piano- K. Vonnegut
35) Emily Dickenson Poetry
36) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey
37) Burn Down the Night- Craig Strete
38) On the Road- Jack Kerouac
2) The Birth of Tragedy- Friedrich Nietzsche
3) Oscar Wilde Poetry
4) Roald Dahl
5) Dune 1, 2, 3
6) John Keats Poetry
7) Hothouse, Starship- Brian Aldiss
8) William Butler Yeats Poetry
9) Catcher in the Rye- Salinger
10) Ray Bradbury
11) Hobbit, LOR- J.R.R. Tolkein
12) A Season in Hell-Arthur Rimbaud
13) A Space Odyssey 1, 2, 3- Arthur C. Clarke
14) Lord of the Flies
15) Thus Spake Zarathustra- Friedrich Nietzsche
16) Edgar Allen Poe Poetry/Stories
17) Walden
18) Charles Dickens Stories
19) Flowers of Evil, Paris Spleen- Charles Baudelaire
20) Dubliners- James Joyce
21) Wadsworth/Wordsworth Poetry
22) The Art Spirit- Robert Henri
23) The Shinning- Stephen King
24) Hannibal- Thomas Harris
25) Shakespeare- Hamlet, Midsummers Night, Sonnets, Romeo and Juliet
26) Long Afternoon on Earth- Brian Aldiss
27) Kahil Gibran
28) Ralph Waldo Emerson- Nature
29) Walt Whitman-Song of Myself
30) Robert Louis Stevenson Poetry, Dr. Jekyll
31) Comics- Spawn, Pitt, X-Men, Deathblow, Wolverine, Venom, Batman and Spiderman
32) Quiet Days in Clichy- Henry Miller
33) Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
34) Player Piano- K. Vonnegut
35) Emily Dickenson Poetry
36) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest- Ken Kesey
37) Burn Down the Night- Craig Strete
38) On the Road- Jack Kerouac
June 14, 2016
Signed Aflame Copies
Signed, First Edition copies of Aflame! Enter the Casey Carter Goodreads book giveaway starting 20 June 2016 for a chance to win 10 advance copies of Aflame.
June 6, 2016
Aflame Release!
Quite a long bloody and beautiful battle as usual but it's finally coming out this month (or summer, laugh!)
No, my third published book Aflame is going to press this June. Aflame was originally written in 1998 and was/is the first book I ever wrote and has led to this wonderfully strange and poetically fulfilled life of literature. This June 2016 Aflame will be available in paperback and e-book formats online most places where fine books are sold.
No, my third published book Aflame is going to press this June. Aflame was originally written in 1998 and was/is the first book I ever wrote and has led to this wonderfully strange and poetically fulfilled life of literature. This June 2016 Aflame will be available in paperback and e-book formats online most places where fine books are sold.
June 6, 2015
Review
Reviewed by Katelyn Hensel for Readers' Favorite
Casey Carter's poetry is unique. It's not like the classic poetry we learn in school, or even like the "blogger poems" that crop up all over the internet. It's something uniquely different in a good way. Imagery is key in order for me to enjoy poetry. I'm a big fan of Plath and Hughes and all of their nature works - which is why I found some of the tropical, almost island-like characteristics of this collection to be so fascinating. There was also no real "set" writing style to Carter's work. There were all kinds of rhyme patterns, from free verse, to simple couplets, even a haiku or two. No matter what kind of poetry you like to read, chances are there is something in Currents for you to find amusing or meaningful.
Like most poetry, it's really up to the reader to gain meaning and understanding from any type of poem. You might be able to glean thirty different meanings from some poems, and then get another ten when you read it the next day in a different kind of mood or mindset. Carter's poetry does this very well. While there were some poems that were specific and guided, many others allowed the reader room for thought, for speculation, and room to relate to the poem in whatever way they happened to. I do wish that the poems were a little longer. It's hard to find true substance with such brevity of thought, although many of the short poems did have stark and fascinating imagery within them.
Casey Carter's poetry is unique. It's not like the classic poetry we learn in school, or even like the "blogger poems" that crop up all over the internet. It's something uniquely different in a good way. Imagery is key in order for me to enjoy poetry. I'm a big fan of Plath and Hughes and all of their nature works - which is why I found some of the tropical, almost island-like characteristics of this collection to be so fascinating. There was also no real "set" writing style to Carter's work. There were all kinds of rhyme patterns, from free verse, to simple couplets, even a haiku or two. No matter what kind of poetry you like to read, chances are there is something in Currents for you to find amusing or meaningful.
Like most poetry, it's really up to the reader to gain meaning and understanding from any type of poem. You might be able to glean thirty different meanings from some poems, and then get another ten when you read it the next day in a different kind of mood or mindset. Carter's poetry does this very well. While there were some poems that were specific and guided, many others allowed the reader room for thought, for speculation, and room to relate to the poem in whatever way they happened to. I do wish that the poems were a little longer. It's hard to find true substance with such brevity of thought, although many of the short poems did have stark and fascinating imagery within them.
