Canvas

Anthony Green Jr

Painted Orange Publishing

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 11 poems structured and written to strike the mind as paintings. Green Jr was influenced by the feelings of strolling through art galleries thinking of the depth of the pieces on the wall. He wanted to give the reader that brief curiosity before understanding the art and connecting with the artist.This feeling is evident in the pieces "Inevitable" and "Old Things".       He opens with "Red and Gray boxes" which is an ode to his beloved sneakers. He writes on how he removes his shoes from the shoe boxes and uses the boxes as  storage for pages of poetry and he inadvertently claims to write as much as he walks.      In the poem "Glass roof for a mural" which is a dedication to his youngest brother he gets personal speaking on being a positive figure in the eyes of the youth. Collectively these poems make for a masterpiece as well as serves as insight to the writing style that will be used in his third major poetry project "FreezeBurnDrown" due next summer. He says he's building many concept