Projection Machine

by Debrah Morkun

In the land of All Language, replete with spoken gold, Debrah Morkun spins poems, then weaves this Projection Machine. This original or pre-. And when reflection mazes and you are inside and civilization itself a book read in all directions, she will take your eyes by the hand and lead you on. I am waiting for you there. -Bob Holman "I write this way because it happened to me." The theater of meta-poetry has no place in Debrah Morkun's amazing new book, "You'll get mad when you remember." Because "It happened to you too." Projection Machine ties one extraordinary epiphany to the next, the reader waking in the poet's breathless realization of how we materialize and from what machine. The best poetry insists questions from the reader, and I find myself in constant question when reading these poems, reading, looking up at the atomic structures that hold us together, and hold us down. I feel exhilarated from the privilege of absorbing Morkun's insights, and making her poems part of how I land when falling up and down onto the world. You must read these poems! Then call me, we'll talk about them! -CAConrad, author of The Book of Frank

54 pages, Paperback

First published February 15, 2010

Reviews

[C.A.]

ONE OF THE BEST POETS AROUND!

I had the pleasure of blurbing this book, "'I write this way because it happened to me.' The theater of meta-poetry has no place in Debrah Morkun's amazing new book, 'You'll get mad when you remember.' Because 'It happened to you too.' Projection Machine ties one extraordinary epiphany to the next, the reader waking in the poet's breathless realization of how we materialize and from what machine. The best poetry insists questions from the reader, and I find myself in constant question when reading these poems, reading, looking up at the atomic structures that hold us together, and hold us down. I feel exhilarated from the privilege of absorbing Morkun's insights, and making her poems part of how I land when falling up and down onto the world. You must read these poems! Then call me, we'll talk about them!"

AN AMAZING BOOK BY ONE OF MY FAVORITE POETS,
CAConrad
http://CAConrad.blogspot.com

[Joe]

Really taken w/last two sections--"god knows how many time zones" & "sophiaslogos."

Favorite lines "candles can't be moss / it's time to rest. alabama, rest. saulsalite, rest."

and the movement of gkhmtz from projecting one's self across continents to locking one's self in the bathroom for peace of mind.