BOOK RELEASE The InstaPLANET Press Language Maker Poetry Series makes its debut with publishing CIPHERS Of Uncommon Origin - Poems By Ana Elsner, Volume I. Beautifully designed pages in an easy-to-read font and the eye-catching cover make this volume of poems an instant collectors' item. You can choose a Limited Edition author-signed and numbered copy or purchase a regular First Edition copy (not signed or numbered). Either way, any aficionado of modern poetry is sure to appreciate Elsner's work as we do. "This poet has a keen eye and takes a stand on human issues without romanticizing them. Her directness is compelling. She has a very clear voice," says one of our customers. - You can find the book at The San Francisco Public Library, SFPL Main, in the Poetry Collection, under Library Catalog Call No. 811.54EL77p. -:- -:- -:- -:- -:- -:- - Click to purchase your own copy of 'CIPHERS'

A POEM FROM THE BOOK

SAY IT . If you think it, say it. If you can see it, touch it, feel it, taste it, hear it, smell it, then say it: Say it out loud. Say it on paper. Say it on screen or on stage. Say it in song. Say it as best you can. If you can only imagine it, hope for it, desire it, dream of it, cherish it, remember it, believe in it, you can still say it. Weave me the gossamer cloth of your innermost passions. Weave it with words. If you fear it, if you hate it, if you are overwhelmed by it, if it causes you anguish and despair, you must say it. Paint me the dark canvas of your innermost terror and pain. Paint it with words. . Your words are a powerful medicine: Your words are the key unlocking your private prison of solitary confinement. Your words are the jaws-of-life cutting through your silence and your repression. Your words are the beacon on your path to understanding. Your words are the common denominator, shared by the people around you. Your words are the natural consequence of your own unique and authentic perceptions. Your words are the tools that help you define who you are. Let me know you. Let me hear you. Let me hear you SAY IT. © Ana Elsner

Read THE VAULT, another poem from the book here. :

A MOKU BY ANA ELSNER Moku Number Seventeen (2007) . WINDSWEPT PEAKS PIERCE CLOUDCOVER SYMBOLS OF OUR LOFTIEST AMBITIONS PERILOUS ASCENT © Ana Elsner

Watch this documentary film clip of performance poet Ana Elsner presenting a selection of her poems at the Randall Theatre in San Francisco in March 2009 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

INTERNATIONAL LITERARY JOURNALS AND ANTHOLOGIES

In addition to the book, poems by Ana Elsner are published in Italy, Germany, U.S.A., Romania and Austria. Here are some online examples chosen for publication by international poetry editors: : Forgetting Eyes in PRIVATE, Italy Der Gerechte Weg in Der Dreischneuß, Germany (This is the original German text. No English translation is available.) Canon in Words in Contemporary & Literary Horizon, Romania

A POEM ON THE WEB 'OBOE' BY ANA ELSNER

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