Idea for a B-Movie
“Idea for a B-Movie” by Joe Elliot, published by Free Scholar Press on January 22, 2016, is a collection of poetry that invites readers to explore the nuances of everyday life. Spanning 164 pages, this edition presents Elliot’s reflections on the world through a lens that blends the ordinary with the extraordinary, encouraging a deeper engagement with the familiar surroundings we often overlook.
In this third full-length collection, Elliot breathes life into common experiences, transforming them into moments of introspection and connection. The poems delve into themes of perception and identity, revealing the magic hidden in simple encounters, such as those on a city bus or in a park. Through his unique perspective, Elliot aims to strip away preconceived notions, allowing readers to confront their own existence and the essence of being. This exploration of American poetry captures the interplay between the mundane and the profound, inviting a re-examination of the world around us.
Official synopsis Publisher
When he was a boy, Elliot pressed himself up against the plate glass of the noumenal world. He made a face, and when the noumenal world made a face back, he was scared. Ever since then, like some kind of neo-objectivist anchorite running amok, whose daily reprieve depends on the purposeful brick by brick removal in order to see or re-see, he has been fleeing the cloister of this world only to find himself again in this world. In this third full-length collection, he breathes life into the everyday so that we can stop and pick it up and look at it and see that it is, and therefore we are, or might be, whole, too. These poems restore the magic of anonymity to a city bus, a park bench, a tree, a man and his dog, his loop of thought, and in doing so strip away what and who we think we are, laying bare the that-ness that’s there, a little to the left and beyond the frame, a that-ness that seems to make a face back at us and we laugh.
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