The Open Gate - Softcover

Keeler, RJ

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1988058740 ISBN 13: 9781988058740

Publisher: Manor House, 2025

Synopsis

R. J. (Robert) Keeler started writing poetry in the early 1970’s under the direction of Guy Owen. His poetry is a rich collage of disjunctive metaphors that travel through the structure of science and technology, the nonsense of politics, and the mystery of love, life, and death. Intelligence, humor, and vulnerability are showcased in a powerful mélange of subject matter and integrated details, an engaging collage that elaborates and extends the wind-ruffed surface of everyday thoughts, takes a deep dive beyond the ordinary, and then returns to a distant shore...

“R. J. Keeler takes you through the open gates into a chaotic but splendid garden that leads into private and public spaces, outdoors, indoors and in your mind. Along the way, he captures the hidden magic of everyday life, the joys of small moments, the mysteries of life and death – a captivating journey filled with touches of humor and introspection – an absolutely terrific book.”
- Michael B. Davie, author, Poetry for the Insane: The Full Mental

About this title

About the Author

R J Keeler began writing in 1970 under the direction of Guy Owen. Keelers second book of poetry, Snowman contains poems from over thirty years of writing. His style ranges from traditional forms (sonnets, villanelles, sestinas) to less formal arrangements, and in content from science to silliness, to love and death. His writing tends to be distinct from many academic writers, for whom he has a mild distain. Keeler has been published in over seventy literary journals and has won (or been named a finalist in) several contests and awards. He is currently completing the set of poems for his third book of poetry. He currently lives on Vashon Island, Washington. He is a minor Luddite, thus can only be contacted by email at ncsu.snowman@gmail.com.

Edition details

• Publisher: Manor House
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1988058740
• ISBN 13: 9781988058740
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 130