“Of Rare Earths “

Poetry by Chris Mason

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UnCollected Press followers, fellow artists, poets and readers. This really IS a RARE BOOK:

At UnCollected Press we have tried and continue to try to prioritize artistic projects that contribute to a movement towards living in a way that respects and loves our beautiful planet and all of its remarkable diversity of life.  “Of Rare Earths” is not the first book of environmentally sensitive and family focused artistic writing that we have published, but I am clear that it is one of the most thoughtful and accomplished and therefore probably most effective examples.  This is a moving and beautiful book = an intriguing and insightful, rare, compassionate and fundamentally satisfying read. “Of Rare Earths” is artistry at its most meaningful and impactful. Please read Chris’ book.

Of Rare Earths is a book of poetry which focuses on environmental and family themes.   It has 3 sections: “Clomp Clomp”, which explores these themes in narrative syllabic poems of everyday life;  “Rare Earth Regrets”, prose poems which explores these themes by combining descriptions of uses of rare earth metals with the poets’ regrets: and “Twig or Twine”,  an abecedary of visual poems portraying wonders of the natural and human world.