The new book of poems by Martin B. Hicks, In the Realm of Fantasy: Poems Mainly Narrative, combines traditional poetic forms with contemporary context.
Rife with Hick’s clever illustrations, word play, puns, cryptograms, running comments, puzzles and other intricacies, the poet has also added a how-to essay on the writing of poetry.
In the Realm of Fantasy anything can happen and frequently does. You’ll encounter a wide assortment of characters pursuing their usual/unusual occupations inside a highly controversial castle and its lowly village.
Any resemblance to anyone living or dead is not coincidental.
Glossed over with picturesque details, suffused with corrosive cynicism, randomly appear in chronic-non-logical order such sundry types as a do-nothing king, a hands-on inquisitor, an academic Bluebeard, an earthy gravedigger and an aerial hairstylist, among others.
Throw into the mix a midnight baker, flowery diction and the result it is good read. One where the royal line is preserved.
The book will sell for $24 shekels. Look for it in the local book stores in about three weeks.
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