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Title: The Wild Revolve: Poems: 2011-2013
Subtitle: Red Fox Runs, Volume 1
Author: Joseph Adam Lee
Narrator: Eddie Majnemer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 58 mins
Language: English
Release date: 08-23-17
Publisher: Red Fox Runs Press
Genres: Drama & Poetry, Poetry
Publisher's Summary:
The Wild Revolve: Poems 2011-2013 explores the initial enthusiasm and sharp sense of melancholy that overcomes those who move to New York City. Themes of loneliness, yearning to escape, and uncertainty become more complex as wild nights dominate the lives of New York City's newcomers.
Members Reviews:
We live vicariously through the author's adventures, triumphs, struggles and life lessons.
Joseph Adam Lee's "The Wild Revolve" demands to be read aloud- lines of perfect, unforced content flow smoothly, like a lyrical, existential journal entry. When reading the poem book, I kept pausing to recite the verse, repeatedly, with different point of emphasis, with each repetition revealing a different purpose for why the short essays had to be written.
Throughout the poetry collection, there's a logical progression of thoughts and ideas, with recurring use of personification of everyday elements of big-city life, such as a lonely park bench. The author uses metaphors to reveal great truths about the harsh realities of living in a competitive environment, whether referring to the shackles of the corporate world or the impossible quest of finding someone with whom to connect while being constantly surrounded by everyone, and various other NYC tropes. Within the first few lines, Lee's figurative language transports his readers to his world where they can live vicariously through his adventures, triumphs, struggles and lessons. This was a refreshing, honest read- highly recommended.
The next Charles Bukowski..?
There is a profound simplicity and purity of expression in Lee's work that reminds me a lot of Bukowski. Each poem is packed with subliminal and subtle themes of human emotion, nature and vulnerability. They're so subtle, you're forced to read each poem at least twice, but you do not mind doing so.
In the Ledge Awaits Our Leap, Lee brings to the forefront the idea that we are all just one step, or one leap, away from greatness. How does Lee define greatness? It's not so much the destination, but merely making the leap into the unknown. Where we land, we do not know. And that's okay.
Reading The Wild Revolve, you tap into Lee's psyche, his personality, his emotions and tribulations. Through this connect, we more deeply tap into ours.
I look forward to reading more from this up-and-comer writer/poet.
Experiences laid out for you that make you think of your own life...
I love the cover and content! I think poetry is important because unlike novels they take you to a place of deep thought & reflection. The poem, "Departure Time: 10:26 p.m. / Arrival Time: Unknown" resonates with me because I often have the fear of settling, in all aspects of life - love, friendships, family, career, etc. In the end it's all ok in the grand scheme of things, regardless of the path you choose, but it's hard for thinkers and dreamers to not contemplate it. Maybe it's also the perfectionist in me?
The Wild Revolve: Poems: 2011-2013 (Red Fox Runs) (Volume 1)
Get ready to be moved and to be motivated
"So do it already...otherwise you're wasting time"
I'll go ahead and use one of his own quotes. I'm an entrepreneur and busy like anyone else, but I constantly look for things to ease my busy mind. Reading is actually quite difficult for me to do, in the sense of finding time to focus on things outside of work.