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Right from the "Prologue," Pat Paul Jammernegg lets us know that we may assume what we will, and the poetry contained in Prototype are mere pieces to the puzzle of how we stamp our respective labels. Every action, thought, and dream becomes a direct act of our decision or indecision. So, the act of putting these thoughts into the written word becomes an act of courage not many undertake, or, dare they, whom would partake in reading it? As the poet himself says "And a long-winded stiffness lingers/inside the pen around my fingers."
So, writing for oneself or for an audience can be a balance of sorts. These are met in this collection of poems, as we navigate from playful phrasing to the surrealistically relevant in our lives. One thing that man does seem quite capable of creating, in today's apocalyptic culture, is a quick end to perceived overpopulation. This is voiced in the line from the poem "Dissolution": "Winds of standards so predictable/Home-grown stellar bacteria culture." These things are not an accident, yet we watch cinema and television series' that predict such plagues before they surface, and yet we simply smile, and ask where to send the check to when the newest disease steps forth. Then, instead of dealing with it, we simply "move on" to the next trend as a society on the whole. From "Halloween": "Silence the increase of noises/amplifying warning shots/small ads, snuffling breath of hints/not broad enough when nightmare knocks/time is passing?/stop the clocks."
Of all of the things that we could do, we then lean to "fixing" our problems rather quickly, as stated in "STD": Nomads disconnected from solitude from the beginning/priority list upside down, persecuted by pelvic pendatry." Also, from the same poem, perhaps lending thought to the obsession of "passing on" our relevance (and momentary forgetting of the deliverer) through offspring, and the precarious situation of childbirth "Pulse monitor observes conjurors' contractions instead of heartbeats/palpitation irritation to arranged wedding planners and symbiotic lifeholds/passing together for just a few moments, again and again, and again."
Lastly, from the poem "Trinkets Persistence," shows the guilt of falling back into routine as a safeguard: "Alarm is set on 6 am/wash off keepsakes, put on reason/dreams are fed with humble pie/only these wind chimes ever lie awake."
If a poet is a scribe that composes their quarrels with the universe and how things are handled, then Mr. Jammernegg is a true poet by the definition. Personally, I highly recommend reading "Prototype" from beginning to end, if not for its honest interpretation of mundane practices, then for the many thoughts that most just place back on a shelf in their subconscious, unexplored.
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Pat has a way of turning a phrase upon its head to connect fist to gut and deliver a resounding emotional impact. Hit me, Jammernegg, again and again!
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I too can read these poems over and over again, they are filled with such raw, genuine emotion. They actually bring emotions out in me that I never thought about before. If you want a book to treasure I recommend you buy this book, it's a keeper.
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I can read these poems over and over and always discover something new in each of them. Some new concept, thought, or angle that i may have missed at first. They always keep me thinking, give me a different perspective, or show me a view i never thought existed. Thank you for introducing your own unique style of writing to the world. You are able to meld the scientific, spiritual, and intellectual mind all into one. Wow! I highly recommend Pat's Book of Poetry...Prototype!
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