British poet Rowan Evans is a musician. And a poet. And a musician-poet. And likely a poet-musician. He’s composed music for guitar, keyboard, cello, strings, synthesizer, and electronics. His music has been used in theater, art installations, short films, animation, and performances. He’s a sound designer, so it’s no surprise that his music sounds designed for poetry and his poems for music.
Listen to his web site’s playlist. Choose any of the eight selections listed; I was particularly taken with “Dunes” and “Ocean.” Poems began to play through my mind as I listened. I’m not sure how Evans does it, but it’s a marvel.
A Method, A Path is his first full collection; he previously published a chapbook.
To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.
Some Tuesday Readings
Louise Gluck: The Art of Poetry No. 115 – Henri Cole at The Paris Review.
Advent 1955 – John Betjeman at The Imaginative Conservative.
Things Worth Remembering: September 1, 1939 – Douglas Murray at The Free Press on the poem by W.H. Auden.
The Things I Never Thought Possible – Until October 7 – Mathias Dopfner at The Free Press.
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