The Soul is a Living World

By Russell Smythe

The Soul is a Living World by Russell Smythe is an introspective epic poem in ten parts. Although the work follows an inner logic, there is no requirement to read it in order, as each constituent poem is complete in and of itself. The reader is encouraged to "flip around" to get a sense of the voice, which evolves throughout. The poem begins in the external language of "Lost Word" and "Living Flowers" before shifting to an internal and aphoristic style in "Trills and Mordents."

Prologue
I. Lost Word (High time and the winds have changed;)
II. Living Flowers (Hidden rhythms are silent now;)
III. Trills and Mordents (When Kierkegaard saw God)
IV. Perfect Love (If Baudelaire's Giantess)
V. Sketches (The apple's always red on Sunday;)
VI. Word of Life (Philosophers, like Capaneus, )
VII. Birdsong (Nature is baby talk, )
VIII. Bagatelle (Do you hear it, )
IX. Turnstile (I have seen the vision of light dying, )
X. Terra Firma (The sky is falling on a Saturday morn!)

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B09BLDKT5M
• ISBN13: 9798547062728
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 84 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"