Give Some Word

A is for Accessible. Give Some Word is a somewhat irreverent book of poems. Cralan Kelder believes that people who read poetry should be delighted, not confused. Poems are not riddles. The poetry in Give Some Word is no exception; equal parts distilled language, contrary, and pushing everyday language out of conformity. Humor lurks just below the surface in many these shorter, condensed poems.

Some apparent influences; Carver, Brautigan, Corman, Sakaki, Bukowski, Lax, the Jargon Society and a hundred others. The narrative wanders across 3 continents, and derives partially from publications over the past 10 years by Coracle, Longhouse, Blue Press, and many generous magazine editors.
Like Buddhist koans it makes no sense to try and unpick how Kelder's best poems work: they just do. The language, concept and experience are all one.