Cloud Compass New and Selected Poems eBook Marta Knobloch
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Cloud Compass, an award-winning collection of new and selected poems by Marta Knobloch, is divided into two parts.
The first, "Shadow Painting," is a series of poems inspired by the life and work of Laurence Hope, an Edwardian poet whose work revealed her fascination with the peoples and cultures of 19th-century India.
The second, "Boxing the Compass," is made up of poems that reflect the author's lifetime spent in circling the globe.
The book's underlying motif is how explorations of other lands and cultures profoundly enhanced the lives of both poets.
It received an Honorable Mention for Writer’s Digest’s Self-Published e-Book Awards in the Poetry category, 2015.
Cloud Compass New and Selected Poems eBook Marta Knobloch
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Cloud Compass New and Selected Poems eBook Marta Knobloch Reviews
Foreseen by Indian sages thousands of years ago and still hardly noticed, the Age of the Woman or Kali Yuga is unfolding right now. The Universal Mother is giving birth to a new mankind and transcending everything we know into the totally unknown. Yes, there is fear, and yes, there is blood. But there is also the subtle beginning of an almost ecstatic certainty that we finally are going to arrive where we really belong.
In several poems we notice bursts of tremendous poetic power. One thing that is admirable about this poetry collection is the energetic imagination and emotional intensity. All poems included in Cloud Compass by Marta Knobloch show the poet’s supreme lyrical triumph. These poems are undoubtedly quite powerful.
This is a masterly work by a profound poet. It is perhaps one of the best poetry chapbooks that I have read. The book is in two sections; the first entitled “Shadow Paintingâ€, with poems inspired by the life and work of Laurence Hope (Adela Florence Cory Nicolson, 1865-1904), and the second is entitled “Boxing the Compassâ€, with several poems grouped together as a poetic travelogue.
Knobloch is a seasoned professional with full command of her art form. Her descriptive images are strong but they never need to scream or shout, and her language flows as naturally as a mountain stream. The poet’s work demonstrates evenness in quality, imagination, artistic intent, good planning, execution and polish, and a good overall concept of the book as a complete work of art (and not just a potpourri of “homeless†poems). In addition, the poet’s writing has a wonderful sense of originality, excellent descriptive color and clarity — and without a feeling of being overworked or strained.
It is seldom that I have encountered so many treasures in such a small volume of poetry. This book is worth reading several times; perhaps twice as a regular read, and then a third time — reading aloud (or having someone read the poems to you). With each reading you will discover new layers and levels of beauty and insight. This is not a work to be analyzed to pieces, and no analysis of mine can speak better than this poet’s art. Therefore I will merely present a few of her poems — even though all the works in her book are excellent and inspirational.
From “Shadow Paintingâ€
Knell.
The cadence of the temple bells is random,
at the whim of an errant breeze.
A waterfall of notes, a cool music
trickles through the flimsy netting,
pools on her sodden pillow.
She can no longer hear them chime.
Death has unclenched her fists
grasping the rumpled sheets.
Now her uncurled fingers
reach for her husband’s hand.
Palette (“Painted with a poet’s eyesâ€).
Her poems have the focused brilliance
of Mughal paintings where lovers
tryst in mimosa bowers,
bolstered by silk cushion moons,
a peacock fan of stars.
They drift on lotus lakes,
float in a shimmering oasis,
loll on filigreed balconies,
oblivious
to turbaned princes’ elephant wars,
the formal slaughter of tiger and gazelle.
While far out at the vanishing point,
perilous edge of the heart’s rim,
the poet/dervish spins her fever dreams
of mythic India.
From “Boxing the Compassâ€
Sketch.
white canvas
blue sky
yellow sun
red earth
white linen
blue dish
yellow omelet
red geranium
printemps
plein air
petit déjeuner
Provence
Thin Ice.
The cove froze overnight in opaque waves,
formal as a Japanese rock garden.
I tiptoed from crest to knobby crest.
Beyond the semaphore of the pines,
we heard the creaking tide rise,
a panorama with rusty gears.
A rifle crack of jagged water
Aimed a black thunderbolt at my feet.
He jerked me back to shore warning,
“That’s why I never skate on tidal ice.â€
I thought, “This man has never been in love.â€
And this, dear Reader, is truly what the art of contemporary prose poetry sounds like.
Texas author and poet Marta Knobloch is an award-winning writer whose collections of poetry, ecological fables, plays and short stories are widely recognized - in literary magazines and anthologies in the United States, Australia, Ireland, Italy and England. She is a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, National League of American Pen Women, Writer's League of Texas, Mountain & Plains Independent Booksellers Association, and the Baltimore Bibliophiles. Marta is listed in The Directory of American Poets and Fiction Writers published by Poets and Writers magazine.
In a not unexpected move for this sensitive poet, CLOUD COMPASS is an exploration of other lands and cultures as they affected another poet - Laurence Hope (an Edwardian female poet whose poems dealt with the sensuality of 19th century India) - as well as her own obsession with travel.
First an example inspired by Hope's SHADOW PAINTING series
SCRYING
I invite the poet to come and drink

from well water my mouth has tasted,
brimming this crystal bowl lit by candles.
I ask she guide my search for her

within me, beyond me, quench my burning
questions in our shared communion.
As I stare into lucent depths

calling her name, will my voice carry
past centuries, continents, lifetimes?
Will her face, a blanched mogra flower
rise through liquid ripples

stirred by my breath?
And an example from Marta's BOXING THE COMPASS series
VISIONARIES
Two hands pressed palm to palm in air
Rouen cathedral soars, a prayer.
Translucent choir, stone lace façade,
The masons' arching leap to God.
In twenty studies by Monet,

First dawn to dusk, the church's day.
With brushes, paint, his plumb and T,
The sun-struck artist makes us see
How one can inherit

his thrust of the spirit,

This reaching for rapture,

This striving to capture

Revelation through sight

By vaulting toward light.
And so we have the seventh book of poems and thoughts from the gifted Marta Knobloch. She is established, she is creative with each new volume, and she is one to read and absorb. Grady Harp, February 15
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