“Avenues” explore poetry on this Wednesday

There are times when brevity is poignant, memorable, and define the human complexities.  Fred Chandler’s poem serves those purposes. 

Knotted Truce

When the stomach was burning

Not from the served spicy food
But the rotting meat of soldiers
Sending the carnivorous eaters
Into a vertiginous of fitful states
The meal was set upon despair
Upon long ago abandoned land
Only pale hands greet the dawn
Many inners retch out sanctuary
As a soul passes by only to help

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Fred Chandler (photo provided)

After 10 years of writing poetry, Fred Chandler has amassed an oeuvre of work that is profound in its ability to portray our world in language that is at once lyrical and generous. From his two chapbooks, A Flying Frog and X Factor to publishing poems in anthologies over the last decade, as well as in literary journals, Fred has established himself as a tour de force in Los Angeles’ poetry scene. 

At Beyond Baroque in Venice, Fred has been reading his poetry on stage for audiences throughout the decade. Two spoken word albums later, Fred Speaks Volume 1 and Fred Speaks Volume 2 – From Beyond Baroque—recorded by Bruce Botnick—his writing comes alive in an audial form available both as a CD and digitally on iTunes. Composed by Aaron Zigman, each poem on Fred's album has an original score. Fred has also collaborated with Bruce on a poster, “Wind in her Hair” that was inspired by a dream Jim Morrison once had.

In Fred’s worldwide travels, he never fails to produce incisive poems. His writing grapples with existential themes, love and death, while retaining a voice that has the timbre of experience echoing through the chambers of his readers’ hearts.

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