- Hardcover: 160 pages
- Publisher: Iris Press (February 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0916078949
- ISBN-13: 978-0916078942
- Product Dimensions: 23.9 x 16 x 1.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 363 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,937,832 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Keith Flynn's fourth and most innovative collection of poems to date, The Golden Ratio, is filled with themes of music and balance, creating a literary world in opposition to our discordant contemporary times, where the human population is at odds with one another and the Natural World, out of sync and unfocused, spiritually and physically adrift. The book's six sections deal separately with the state of our government, our art forms, and our relationship and responsibility to the society that surrounds us. This book is a tour de force by one of our most distinctive poetic voices, seeking to redefine what it means to be human and creative in the face of overwhelming opposition.
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Flynn Spins The World Into A Beautiful Balance, Feb 16 2008
By Madeleine M. Johnson - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Golden Ratio: Poems (Paperback)
Keith Flynn's latest book, The Golden Ratio, is one of the most compelling and inventive collections of poetry that I have ever read. From the exquisite imagery in "Mysterium," the book's intro poem, through the historical masterpiece, "Chang and Eng," and the political theater of "Hitler's Yacht in America," the poems coalesce to create a multi-faceted picture of the contemporary world. In the last section, Flynn shows us how music is the real moral law in the brilliant rhythmic jazz profiles of giants such as Duke Ellington, Chet Baker, Herbie Hancock, Ellis Marsalis and others, by using surreal juxtapositions, intricate wordplay, and thought-provoking descriptions to bring these lives and the music they play into fuller focus. Flynn is one of our best contemporary poets and this book shows his incredible talents in full flower. The poems about divorce in the book's mid-section will break your heart as the poet struggles to find a proper balance in his relationship with the new landscape alone, and the ways to reconcile his artistic growth with the personal process of aging and loving again. This might be the first real Baby Boomer coming-of-age collection that defines this era in clear, unflinching terms. This book creates an entirely new world between its covers and builds sentences that are unforgettable. Don't miss it...
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When the Mountain Boy becomes the Intellectual, Oct 17 2007
By J. A Carty "Jessie Carty" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: The Golden Ratio: Poems (Paperback)
Keith Flynn is a mountain boy at heart, but there is an urbanite rolling around under the surface. His poems reflect the duality of his nature: the hillbilly and the intellectual.In this collection there are poems that honor nature, jazz, and variety. The set of poems from the voices of Chang and Eng (the legendary Siamese twins who retired to NC) are fascinating as are the poems that delve into the world of jazz, hoping to honor the narrator's heroes of that world as well.
My favorite was Welsh Fantasia with lines such as "Only mystery enables us to live."
This is a long collection of over 150 pages and many of the poems are lengthy with long lines as well so you will certainly get your money's worth. My only complaint with this collection is that at times the author's lust for language overpowers me as so many complex words are strung together. Or maybe, I'm just not as smart as Mr. Flynn :)
I'd defintiely suggest this collection for Southern Literature fans and for anyone out there who has a love of the world of jazz.
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