First Review of Evening Watch by Irene Koronas

The first review of my book is up at the Boston Area Small Press and Poetry Scene and it's a good one!

Review posted after the break.



Evening Watch
Cameron Mount
Ibbetson Street Press
2009 $10.00

To order:
http://www.lulu.com/content/paperback-book/evening-watch/7182268

“By day I repel all boarders.
My front door peephole is
now a full-fledged porthole.

Staring out into the past
of everyday actions and reflecting
six years of service back.”

Usually I read from the beginning to the end of a book, but, for this book of poems I read the first poem and then the last poem, “dry dock sailor,” before I attempt all the rest of the writing. It’s important for me to understand, or to try to relate to the ship, in this case the poems as they move straight through whatever obstacle the ship stirs its way through, in this case the poems stir up all the experiences one has when on duty. The ebb and flow, the relationship of words crashing onto my mind, my feet are swept up and I fall, swimming to shore with the surety of a life jacket. Cameron Mount is a poet who will take any subject and refine it, direct the verse until it shines, “From the darkened bruise of the star-strewn moon-lit pitch to the eclipsed light of dawn.”

If you haven’t bought this book of poems, I suggest you run and catch a copy.

“Navy Wife

He came home broken.
He avoids me at night
leaves me alone on the couch
loses himself in empty drivel
turns on, tunes in, drops out.
Internet.
He thinks I don’t notice
when he surfs for porn-
his compulsions get him over,
off, as if I have no ears,
but it saves me his advances
later when he comes to bed
after midnight, spent.
He spends all day in that chair
when he can, when he shouldn’t.”

Irene Koronas
poetry editor

New Published Poem

It's online at U.M.Ph.! Prose. It's called "In the Interest of Saving Time Tonight, I" and is about 3/4 of the way down the page.

It's also reposted after the break.

Another Taste of My Chapbook - in Audio

Eden-A Brothel Near Gdynia. Trying something a little different here--using Facebook video this time.



I recorded these using my desktop microphone and Audacity. That was the basic MP3 creation. For the video, I just used Windows Movie Maker and layered the picture of the cover over the MP3. Pretty simple actually.

Audio of Evening Watch

If anyone has purchased my chapbook and would like to have audio of me reading the poems, I have MP3 files of each poem available. Please contact me for more information.

Below is "Evening Watch in the North Atlantic" just as a bit of a teaser.

Sun, Night, Evening - an erasure poem

I was turned on to erasure poems about 5 years ago and every once in awhile I turn back to them. This one was written in December and then promptly forgotten. But I found it again, and I like it.

Poem after the break.