Lake Systems

Poetry. In LAKE SYSTEMS, Cynthia Sailers leads us through painterly landscapes set with unusual amenities and a public -- as diverse as one would find in any urbane American setting -- going about their business as if we (the audience) weren't watching. In these poems, Sailers has drafted the plans for a grand architectural structure big enough to enclose everything seen, read, and processed -- but she doesn't enclose it -- rather, she creates a series of perpetually open doorways, each a living and breathing diorama. Like a canvas strewn with abstract gestures and images we subconsciously recognize, these poems create an illusory sense-field, where one can feel the cool lake, whoop with the boys and girls, and enter the many paintings hung in Sailers' world. Entering this book is to enter a scene so rich one could become entangled in its aquatic systems and potentially discover an entirely new life form.Cynthia Sailers is the author of 'Lake Systems', published 2004 under ISBN 9780974016733 and ISBN 097401673X.