Poesy in Blood:A life in words

By Art Immured

Poesy in Blood: A Life in Words is a collection of poems spanning the gamut of human emotion; from love to hatred, sadness to eroticism. In this, Art Immured's first offering, is a collection that takes us on a labyrinthine journey through both his mind and the human condition; exposing the pains of being the victim of unspeakable abuses; to the pride of over-coming life's pitfalls. Poesy in Blood: A Life in Words takes us on a roller coaster ride through a vast darkness, occasionally entering the light, only to be cast back into the depths of emotion. From it's beginning; with "Intro", explaining the author's introversion and the importance of words and their usage; through to it's end, with "Unbowed"; showcasing the author's will to survive despite all odds and in the face of all adversity; Immured shows us how a life touched by the preying hands of the world's depraved is not a life lost...only a life whose joys are harder fought for; A life who's darkness better allows us to appreciate the light. Immured shows us how the horrors we encounter are sometimes only accent marks that better help us appreciate the good we encounter. A tortuous compilation of poems that at times appears to have no rhyme, nor reason; yet shows us it isn't always bad to embrace our human emotions...how anger and hatred can become the blaze with which we forge ourselves stronger; If we have the ability to control and channel these emotions...At times depressing, at others funny; Immured offers a collection of poetry that has something for everyone.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Art Immured
• Release date: Aug 18, 2018
• ISBN: 9780463682845

Art Immured

Just a man who loves all mediums of art. My poetry has been described as Poe-esk, which is the highest compliment as I am a huge fan of his among others. I don't like talking about myself but will answer any questions.

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Poesy in blood: A life in words

By: Art Immured

Copyright©2017 By Art Immured

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Printed in the United States of America

First Edition: October 2017

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ISBN: 978-1974011377(Print)

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Praise for

Poesy in Blood: A Life in Words

Immured does not mind following Ernest Hemingway's advice to sit at a typewriter and bleed. The emotions are so strongly conveyed in some of the poems that I often had to take a break while reading as I knew the exact emotions the poet was describing...

- Christina O Phillips of OnlineBookClub.org

Every line is packed with power and passion. Very moving poems! Human and bare and at the same time hauntingly beautiful. It's worth reading.

-Eli Kebedjieva

A personal part of an introvert's soul is no small offering! He is brave...and prepared to be even braver...Let me be part of his vanguard. Let me wish I had had his words during my teenage years. Let me nominate his name for mentorships. Let me do what I can to encourage more...Poetry is difficult. Our author is no shirker, and his courage should be rewarded...

- Abby Carpenter

Two parts Poe, one part Bukowski, and 10 parts a darkly erotic demon with a pen. This is the poetry that's dark yet fun, stirring, enthralling, and unrepentantly sinful!

- Old Nick Magazine

Table of Contents

Proem

Intro

Bat-Winged Heart

These Arms

The Cure

Perseverance

Scar(r)ed

Bleeding

Image of a Tortured Youth

Unraveling

Broken Boy

A Soul Laid Bare

Sin Eater

Toy Box Requiem

Sense Me

Bastiόn

November

Fuyu

Hands

Kismet

The Rag Doll and the Skeleton

Kōryo

Anna’s Tree

Yῡhi

Elegy for Heathcliff

The Awakening

Perspective

Dark Mother

Original Sin

The Nature of the Beast

Hope

Self-Deposition

Unspoken

The Taint

Solitude and Silence

Love

The Lethe

BI

Daddy

Longing

Temptation

The World Below

Last Mile

Martyrs

The Poet

Walpurgisnacht

Wolf Mother

Chamber Music

Breath

Dark Desire

Miryō

Catharsis

Yῡwaku

Aberrant Fetish

Ikken

Masterpiece

Unbowed

Dedication:

I would like to dedicate this work to my two little girls, Letty and BellaDonna; And to the memory of my Father, and Anna Marie Chamberlin, my muse in life and death.

Proem:

Never before would I have believed I would be writing the introduction for a book, least of all my book; but here I sit, thinking back on a day some fifteen years ago, on a school bus in Fayetteville, Arkansas, when a friend asked to read a few poems I had; and then proceeded to pass them about the bus for all to read… I told