Smorgasbord Bookshelf – New Book on the Shelves – #Poetry – A Specialist At The Recycled Heart (Free Verse Poetry) by Frank Prem

Delighted to share the news of the latest poetry collection by Frank Prem – A Specialist At The Recycled Heart (Free Verse Poetry)

About the collection

A Specialist at The Recycled Heart is free verse poetry and storytelling focused on the Speculative Fiction (SF) genre. The genre of What If . . . writing that encompasses fantasy and Sci fi and other forms within its warm embrace.

. What is the sound of the wind – of a sigh – on Mars?

. What does an abandoned artificial life form – an AI – contemplate in a lonely existence in far outer space. Why was it made, if only to be abandoned.

. Is it possible to go fishing to catch a passing thought?

.These and other all-too-big ideas are explored in the pages of A Specialist at The Recycled Heart.

Poetry written the way you always wished it would be.

Head over to buy the collection:  Amazon AU – And: Amazon US – And: Amazon UK

A selection of other books by Frank Prem

One of the reviews for The Garden Black

Amazon Customer 5.0 out of 5 stars Fantasy and Speculation – a Great Read  Reviewed in Australia on 28 April 2022

I hope you enjoy these flashes of inspired mind-travels as much as I did [rec’d the book as an ARC, which does not influence my review].

excerpt from: storm and the sea (bubbles of foam)
…
but the brilliant
shrieking song

of a wild wind
…
What this says to me, not only as part of the whole piece, but to a hidden memory inside my mind, is a reminder of the wiles of nature, of the powerful sound and fury of the world beyond my control, beyond all control. It is life, harsh and cruel at times, and a reminder to take care of the things that matter to us, to me. It reminds me of the need to reach out to others, to connect, or be crushed for not noting the warning of the shrieking song.
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An excerpt from: something
…
was it only
yesterday
I had everything
…
Ah, that’s it, isn’t it? We don’t know what we’ve lost until it’s gone, and when it’s gone and we search for it, or think we remember that it was something important, something that mattered, and we can’t quite recall what it was, let alone where it went or why … that is sadness. For me, the supreme sadness. At a time I’d rather forget, I suffered a TBI and ended up with the loss of about two years of memories. It’s not like they were important parts of my life, but the hole is there, and it sucks at my mind, always, with the question – ‘where did you go? why?’ and this is what emerges from Frank’s poem of the loss of ‘something’. 

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About Frank Prem

Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet since his teenage years. He has been a psychiatric nurse through all of his professional career, which now exceeds forty years.

He has been published in magazines, online zines and anthologies in Australia, and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as spoken word.

He lives with his wife in the beautiful township of Beechworth in North East Victoria, Australia.