Nowhere Place. Poems, Volume 8, 2005-2014

By Phil John Kneis

Where do we belong in a world that is constantly changing?

Nowhere Place explores identity, creativity, love, memory, and the search for meaning in an increasingly fragmented world. Written between 2004 and 2010, these poems move between Europe and America, philosophy and everyday life, humor and melancholy, asking how a sense of home survives continual change.

Organized into five thematic sections - Essence, Transfigurations, Transmigrations, The Ordinary Sublime, and Permutations - the collection blends lyrical reflection with syllogies including "Vampire," "Paramour," and "Terror Incognitus," alongside "365," a year-long experiment chronicling twelve months in four-line poems a day.

For readers of contemporary literary poetry, philosophical verse, and existential literature, Nowhere Place suggests that belonging is found less in geography than in memory, language, and attentive living.

Vol. 1: Life As We Know It. 2001-2026.
Vol. 2: Daimonia. 1997-2011.
Vol. 3: Tetralogy I. The Woods, The Desert, The Sea, The Stars. 2004-2008.
Vol. 4: Chaos & Order. 1999-2020.
Vol. 5: Qaddish. A Meditation on the Nature of Divinity. 2023.
Vol. 6: Meditations on the End. 1995-2025.
Vol. 7: Poems with Rhyming Parts. 2001-2006.
Vol. 8: Nowhere Place. 2004-2010.
Vol. 9: One Moment in Time. 2008-2021.
Vol. 10: Tetralogy II, Part I. The Road, The Garden. 2009-2024.
Vol. 11: Futures Past. 2020-2026.
Vol. 12: Sturm & Drang. Early German Poems. 1991-1998.
Vol. 13: Tetralogy II, Part II. The City, The Ruins. 2026-2028.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1968289151
• ISBN13: 9781968289157
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Erratic Books
• Length: 402 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"