A Flight Of Ideas (Bachelard Interpreted, #4)

these people are professionals
they know the signs
to watch for
oneiric-para-medicals
have done all this
before
~
French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of air in his book Air and Dreams - An Essay On the Imagination of Movement.
In A Flight of Ideas, Frank Prem interprets Bachelard's explorations of the poetic element air, decanting the vivid imagery contained within the philosopher's work into new and accessible free verse poetic storytelling forms, bringing each story to life.
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ragpicker ragpicker
what's that on your back
it is a sack
filled with worries
and woes

Frank Prem has been a storytelling poet for forty years. When not writing or reading his poetry to an audience, he fills his time by working as a psychiatric nurse.
He has been published in magazines, e-zines and anthologies, in Australia and in a number of other countries, and has both performed and recorded his work as 'spoken word'.
Frank has published several collections of free verse poetry – Small Town Kid (2018), Devil In The Wind (2019), and The New Asylum (2019). His publishing schedule in 2020 includes A Love Poetry Trilogy (Walk Away Silver Heart; A Kiss for the Worthy; and Rescue and Redemption), as well as a two part picture book – The Beechworth Bakery Bears and The Beechworth Bakery Bears (too).
Frank has also published the collaborative work – Herja Devastation (2019) together with Australian author Cage Dunn.
He and his wife live in the beautiful township of Beechworth in northeast Victoria (Australia).
Publications
Small Town Kid (2018) ISBN: 978-0975144237 A free verse memoir of growing up in rural Australia in the 1960s and 70s.
Devil In The Wind (2019) ISBN: 978-0975144268 In free verse, the voices of victims and survivors of the horrendous Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria (Australia) in 2009
Herja, Devastation (2019) ISBN: 978-1925905045 An experimental fusion of free verse poetry and prose by Australian authors Frank Prem and Cage Dunn to tell the story of a Valkyrie and her mortal assassin/accomplice as they mete justice and vengeance.
The New Asylum A memoir of psychiatry (2019) ISBN:978-09751442-8-2 A free verse memoir of a lifetime growing up with and experiencing public sector psychiatry in Victoria (Australia), from the 1960s to the present day.
Frank Prem Contacts and Social Media
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/frankprem2
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvfW2WowqY1euO-Cj76LDKg
Twitter: https://twitter.com/frank_prem
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B07L61HNZ4
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/18679262.Frank_Prem