14 min
"Walking Thru Fire" Walking Thru' Fire
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The title of this podcast comes from a piece I wrote many years ago and which, in some ways, proved something of a touchstone for much of the poetry that has subsequently followed.
With some of its source in found poetry, the poem Walking Thru’ Fire represents a fusion of both the curated and the original, a blend of images loosely sewn together to form what is hopefully a cohesive - if impressionistic - whole.
Undoubtedly because of the nature of its construction, the piece has enjoyed multiple incarnations over the years as I found I was able not only to create abridged versions of the poem, but also to re-sequence sections of it and in doing so permit the ‘meaning’ to flex and morph accordingly.
What follows is the complete version of Walking Thru’ Fire as included in my first volume of poetry Collected Poems, 1979-2016.
The title of this podcast comes from a piece I wrote many years ago and which, in some ways, proved something of a touchstone for much of the poetry that has subsequently followed.
With some of its source in found poetry, the poem Walking Thru’ Fire represents a fusion of both the curated and the original, a blend of images loosely sewn together to form what is hopefully a cohesive - if impressionistic - whole.
Undoubtedly because of the nature of its construction, the piece has enjoyed multiple incarnations over the years as I found I was able not only to create abridged versions of the poem, but also to re-sequence sections of it and in doing so permit the ‘meaning’ to flex and morph accordingly.
What follows is the complete version of Walking Thru’ Fire as included in my first volume of poetry Collected Poems, 1979-2016.
14 min