Shrine

John Kensla, internationally known poet, rockstar, teacher, designer, artist, mystic, brings you his 111 page Magnum Opus of poetry, an outstanding collective unveiling his finest poems to date spanning a 27 year run of love, pain, realization, mystery & rhyme.

What's appealing about this book is that you can pick it up and enter into any one of 111 different worlds in a very short time. One poem will open a vortex of creative complexity that will stimulate contemplation, some will entice you to unravel them, while others are deeply refreshing that will inspire warmth & soothing feelings inside, as well as the many additional pages filled with language art vividly coloring a few minutes of your life with a multiplicity of meticulously placed letters.

"The edge is near
and submittal to the seasonal change
reaps a fickle fear
twining like brittle sticks
in the pit of stomachs
Disgusting upheaval under the fine fabrics
of a phantom face
The hate plowed way beneath the dirt
dug up to bury the new dead"