Review of Uncommon Poems Common People

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Review of Uncommon Poems Common People

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[Following is a volunteer review of "Uncommon Poems Common People" by T.D. Kruser (Terry Kruser).]
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In his collection of poems, Uncommon Poems Common People, T.D Kruser presented a poetic discourse that was based on philosophical and existential reflections on the self, the other, and time; It refers to the impact of temporal shifts on the experience of perception and its development, as well as the diversity of ways of communicating with the other in cases of love, sympathy, friendship, reading people’s voices and their fleeting experiences that may turn inside the poet into existential experiences that embody the temporary temporal presence of these voices and his own voice as well.

Additionally, he supported the spectral presence of the other in the loneliness state especially behind the signs of the album of images or the recovered memories in his empty room. Also, the poet used a metaphorical speech in order to recreate the rich internal world, the figural forms of his beloved women or friends and the imaginary or dreamy natural places which embodied his desire for communication which is based on empathy, self-interpretation through the other, and the search for inner peace. so, he referred to the imaginary sea, desert, forest and internal mountain which reflected his hope and loneliness at the same moment.

Consequently, the speaker repeats the concept of the edge in a temporal context; to suggest the structural difference between the tone of the first joy in childhood and the tone of the late separation in the relationship of the self to the world, as confirmed by his poetic experimental view of the self when referring to the metaphor of the stranger in the inner world or in the case of existential laughter mixed with sadness, and also confirmed the experimental view of the other when he presented his spectral image in space and its interaction with abstract colors or the invisible and imaginary display within the ego.

Moreover, the speaker wanted to reveal the temporal development of his cognitive world through the other metaphorical life of sounds, tales, impressions, spectra, and images of nature which were mixed with dream and daydream signs to re-read the cycles and transformations of existence according to the tones of unity, peace, emptiness and creative fullness of temporary and renewable images.

Because the poetry collection includes deep philosophical reflections, I recommend it to adult readers, and I will give it 4 out of 4 stars that it combined aesthetic, philosophical and cultural significations in an innovative context.

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