W. B. Keckler
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W. B. Keckler, is an American poet
and translator.
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entities.
Keckler's poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets (Wave Books, NYC), In the Criminal's Cabinet (nth position, London) and poem, home: An Ars Poetica (Paper Kite Press, 2009).
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
and translator.
Poetry
Keckler's poetry characteristically views nature as autonomous from the humanly-constructed world and attempts to chart the rhythms of this autonomy. Recent collections have seen the introduction of works produced in collaboration with artificial intelligenceArtificial intelligence
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A.i.
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entities.
Keckler's poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies, including Isn't It Romantic: 100 Love Poems by Younger American Poets (Wave Books, NYC), In the Criminal's Cabinet (nth position, London) and poem, home: An Ars Poetica (Paper Kite Press, 2009).
Awards
- 2002 National Poetry SeriesNational Poetry SeriesThe National Poetry Series is an American literary awards program.Every year since 1979 it has sponsored the publication of five books of poetry...
, for Sanskrit of the Body - 1994-1995 Gertrude Stein Award in Innovative American Poetry, for "One Poem"
- 1997 Fellowship in Poetry from the National Endowment on the Arts
Works
- "Snow Wok", Shampoo 17
- "Spring Poem," Coconut 14
- "Two Poems," Free Verse
- "Holding Holding" and other poems, Gut Cult
- Sanskrit of the Body (2002, ISBN 978-0142003039),
- Ants Dissolve in Moonlight (1995, ISBN 978-1879193048)