Enjoy For Free Revolution On Canvas, Volume 1 : Poetry From The Indie Music Scene Devised By Rich Balling Accessible Via Ebook

wouldnt have been that bad had it
a actually followed through on poetry, and played on the beautiful lyricism found in most indie music
i understand it mightve been mislabelled on the cover, but seeing random short stories or diary entries is certainly not it
b stop vying for social commentary.
like yes we do need to talk about gun control, but a fictionalized story of the youth shoving guns at each others

throats doesnt convey what you think it does
and thats not even touching on poems like “idiots are taking over” or “the final act”.
i dont mean to call these out specifically, but truly what you get from these lines isnt an awe of prose, or thought provoking questions, not when its doused so heavily in themes of faded glory or an imagination of suffering thats just that a fragment of the authors imagination.
like im not saying people dont face challenges, but when youre writing about someones final act after “knocking himself out” and telling this stardazed tale of drama and women and end it with “he smiles” this is a piece of fantasy, the kind of idolization and memoralization people long for, dream for, simply because they cant bear to be forgotten for anything less than divine
c please please please dont write a poem like its a tweet.
i sound damn fucking snobbish, but random paragraph breaks, single compound sentences that isnt structure, thats weird formatting!! to use slang is personal preference, but a random “cuz” really deteriorates the standard quality of a poem when the rest of the symbolism was good, like there was a reference to big brother when society has spouted a big father and mother but before anything was wrapped up or organized it veered completely off course
in addition to this particular point, being fake deep doesnt create more meaning.
convolution does not equal great writing, and vice versa, but you cant just use things like “what do i see The third letter of the Alphabet” and have it be metaphorically meaningful to the sea the poems title is “untitled wave” for goodness sake, the entirety of its contents sound more like privileged brooding than anything else

however with this said, there ARE some nice ones i liked, but for every gorgeous “the morning is begging us awake yet holding softer” there are a dozen poems named “busy” surmised with “and the day refuses to end”


im probably being incredibly harsh, and should save my thoughts for when it isntam in the morning, but god i want to flaunt this collections flaws if only to make the grueling hours worth it The lack of formal training is obvious with some of these poets.
But there's also some refreshing nonconformity, The contributors all seem to be male, which is disappointing, There are a few short stories, as well as a section of art at the end, The proceeds went to the National Center for Family Literacy,

Favorites:
"There Are the Dogs" Russ Rankin the scene at an open air concert
"Hadley" Danny Smith Ernest Hemingway's wife during his Paris years
untitled short story Bob Nanna keeping his voice in shape while touring

Too many bands out there underestimate the influence their lyrics have on people, and that irony can be a doubleedged sword.

Rusty Pistachio, Foreword

You're the taste upon my lips when I wake,
Sometimes you're the only faith I have,
Dan Arnold, untitled

your secretary is the mistress I never had
Jeremy Talley, "Perfect Teeth"

I am the piano that nobody plays
when everybody's home
Nick Torres, untitled

She is the last verse in a thousand bitter love songs
Jason Cruz, "Nylon"

We are constantly being told we aren't good enough, that the individual is lacking and must belong to something bigger and outside itself in order to find purpose.
We're told that the individual is worthless unless it attaches itself to something,
john Bowers, untitled

Do you have ideas or do ideas have you
Matt Rubano, "Emergency"



I dont really like poetry, but it has good reviews and it seems like a book that I would be into.
I read this book almostyears ago, and it still travels with me, It's reminds me of my childhood angst and the moments of my life where each poem or story related and helped me cope.
I love poetry and this was the only real poetry volume I've read this month April being National Poetry Month.
The poems in this book are all from members of the indie rock scene, Love it! This is the book that really turned me on to poetry, I picked it up when I was aboutat my school library, and immediately I needed a copy of my own.
About half of the pages of this book are dog eared to mark which poems have been my favorites at different points in my life.
This was such a massive disappointment, So many poorly written poems full of pretense, misogyny, and even some racism, The few that were actually good/great were outshined by the worst over and over again and quite frankly, Im more angry at the editor for deciding to include so many of these.


As an avid fan of this genre, its sad to say Im not surprised but christ, I kind of am.
Wow. Just wow. I was very impressed by this book of raw poetry, The fact that it was not lineedited kind of tripped me up during some of the poems, but I still loved it and understand why they did not.
I want to read the next one, I am not a huge fan of poetry just because I find it hard to follow and understand, but I really enjoy this book.
The poems are all different styles and lengths and are descriptive, but not too difficult to understand,.

I was very happy to read from some of my favorite songwriters and I found some that I didn't know at all.
I'm used to reading more classic poetry so I found this refreshing and unique, I'm gonna get volume! I ave never been much for poetry, but this book definitely got me hooked, Throughout this book the poems are all different, Such as, the length, style, and very descriptive, Definitely plan on reading the next book, Favorite piece is written by Nate Ruess Since when are Rise Against and The Academy Is, . . Indie Answer me that. If it wasn't for "Emergency" on page, this would be getting one star, This is poetry and prose straight from the biggest mouths and hearts in the independent music scene, These are their words. This is their revolution. .