Continents on Fire

Description

Poems in this volume explore current themes of politics, power, and control across many of the world’s major hotspots. Using deft poetic devices serious in some poems and playful or satirical in others—Marshall draws the reader deeply into these unfolding events.

His acute poetic observations of control and its detrimental effects on local, national, and international communities are presented with clarity and impact. These are the very events dominating today’s news headlines and television screens.

Through powerful symbolism, evocative metaphors, and delicate poetic language, Marshall delivers a volume that is both definitive and beautiful. Continents on Fire exposes many of the social failings that command international attention. Dictators and dogmas are treated with equal scrutiny.

As in his previous works, Marshall employs deep contrasts in poetic style and subject matter to create rich, multidimensional poetry. Join a growing community of readers who have embraced performance poetry as an art form through his earlier books.

Within these pages are poems that will sizzle and sparkle on stage as performance pieces and songs for a generation of engaged readers, swirling in the matrix of magic created by this poet writer.