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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 9h

@icefloepress.bsky.social @mjseyesopened.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @ljensenlampe.bsky.social @bimxie.bsky.social @miggyangel.bsky.social @feversof.bsky.social @jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social @jpiudik.bsky.social @kennethmc.bsky.social @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social @roseknapp.bsky.social

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 9h

Author Note: I put these fragments together as a stanza in a poem, visual sequence of juxtapositions, breath, beats & musical tone, exploring links between history, gender rights, housing, impact & reach of capitalism/dystopia
#hybrid #vispo #poetry #resist #excerpt
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A poem erasure in yellow and rust-red with text -- evoking factories, brick walls, industrial piping etc. text include:
"three-month waiting period
workers must have a work permit
upon arrival
similar to
health inspections of housing
typically carried
protections
It is Man

$A glitch collage of motherboards and city blocks, using various elements, microscopic and enlarged with the text "disseminate" fractured. grey, black, ruby red, forest green, royal blue, pink, yellow are some of the fragments of colour blocks and glitch elements.$ An excerpt from a erasure/redaction sculpture including wood, tiny rectangular stamps, circled words and asemic drawing... from the obituary of a Canadian immigrant woman who was written of as being "introverted", "deeply" "born", "volunteered" "from "her family" primarily a monochrome drone piece inside the larger work.

An excerpt from a erasure/redaction sculpture including wood, tiny rectangular stamps, circled words and asemic drawing... from the obituary of a Canadian immigrant woman who was written of as being "introverted", "deeply" "born", "volunteered" "from "her family" primarily a monochrome drone piece inside the larger work.

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 14h

Blessings! 🔥

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Cable Street @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social · 1d

We are reviewing this book by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and @rfredekenter.bsky.social in November’s Cable Street!

Ice Floe Press (Closed No Subs for a Bit) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 1d

Our latest release! A #hybrid collection of #poetry & #vispo by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social is now out in the world. We'd love to share this oceanic visionary collection w/readers Enter dream worlds explore textured realizations on memory, histories, speculative futures.

Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 3d

🤩This is going to be a real treat!

‘In the Blueprint
Of
Her Iris’

A gorgeous collaboration featuring
Poems by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
and
Art by @rfredekenter.bsky.social

Published @icefloepress.bsky.social
What a dream combination. So exciting!
Congratulations Vikki & Robert 💐💖💫

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 1d

🎸💐🔥🎴

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Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 3d

🤩This is going to be a real treat!

‘In the Blueprint
Of
Her Iris’

A gorgeous collaboration featuring
Poems by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
and
Art by @rfredekenter.bsky.social

Published @icefloepress.bsky.social
What a dream combination. So exciting!
Congratulations Vikki & Robert 💐💖💫

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Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much for your kind words and support, @rhonagreene.bsky.social! We really hope you enjoy 'In the Blueprint of Her Iris'. Such beautiful photos and message. She seems to glow in your home ✨️ 💞

#poetrycommunity #writingcommunity @icefloepress.bsky.social @rfredekenter.bsky.social

Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 3d

🤩This is going to be a real treat!

‘In the Blueprint
Of
Her Iris’

A gorgeous collaboration featuring
Poems by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
and
Art by @rfredekenter.bsky.social

Published @icefloepress.bsky.social
What a dream combination. So exciting!
Congratulations Vikki & Robert 💐💖💫

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Ice Floe Press (Closed No Subs for a Bit) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 1d

Our latest release! A #hybrid collection of #poetry & #vispo by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social & @rfredekenter.bsky.social is now out in the world. We'd love to share this oceanic visionary collection w/readers Enter dream worlds explore textured realizations on memory, histories, speculative futures.

Rhona Greene @rhonagreene.bsky.social · 3d

🤩This is going to be a real treat!

‘In the Blueprint
Of
Her Iris’

A gorgeous collaboration featuring
Poems by @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
and
Art by @rfredekenter.bsky.social

Published @icefloepress.bsky.social
What a dream combination. So exciting!
Congratulations Vikki & Robert 💐💖💫

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 3d

DESIRE PARTY (a visual poem) (2021/2025) (c) Robert Frede Kenter

#asemic #glitch #vispo #fields #rectangles #art

Black and white collage of various abstracted elements: bodies, faces, landscapes) a visual poem called DESIRE PARTY, created in 2021 & completed in 2025. 12 scenes from a nightmare. (C) Robert Frede Kenter.

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 4d

Flower Quartet (2025) (c) Robert Frede Kenter
#images #series #quartet #vispo #visualpoem #magic #colour #dreamgalaxy #artofBsky #patterns #eco #repetition #myth

Four flowers (same flower) for colour schemes pale pink, green-beige, shades of blue, shades of red, four rectangular blocks on page centred, descending order or any direction you wish to view them. visual poem with mythic overtones by Robert Frede Kenter (c) 2025.

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 4d

I know you're happy when I'm sad. (Mercy version). @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @thearsonista.bsky.social @seagoatscreams.bsky.social @stevemcormond.bsky.social @stephensunderland.bsky.social @roughghosts.bsky.social
@roseknapp.bsky.social @jacobwren.bsky.social

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I KNOW YOU'RE HAPPY

YouTube video by John Cale - Topic

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 6d

Ty Lynne Lampe for her pre-writing on IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS, collaborative-hybrid work by myself (art) & Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social (poetry).
"an intricate piece of lace tatted from a single thread" - LJLampe.
Available @icefloepress.bsky.social
#books #collaboration #vispo @poetry

Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 6d

"From start to finish, In the Blueprint of Her Iris thrilled me with the mystery and electricity of its text-image pairings.."

Grateful to @ljensenlampe.bsky.social for her praise of In the Blueprint of Her Iris.

Available from @icefloepress.bsky.social. Link below🔥

@rfredekenter.bsky.social

“From start to finish, In the Blueprint of Her Iris thrilled me with the mystery and electricity of its text-image pairings. This collaboration by Vikki C. (words) and Robert Frede Kenter (images) reminds me of an intricate piece of lace tatted from a single thread—necessarily connected, the collection loops and swirls. Individually and as a whole, the pairings captivate with repeating words, colors, textures, and themes. Each time I reached the end, I started over, looking for more connections and sonic play. I read Vikki’s words first silently then aloud, I basked in Robert’s vivid visuals. I felt upended in the best way, a “galaxy mouthing a name / it has not learnt to pronounce.” In the Blueprint of Her Iris won’t let me go.”

—Lynne Jensen Lampe, author of Talk Smack to a Hurricane

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The Winged Moon Literary Magazine SUBS OPEN @thewingedmoon.bsky.social · 12d

Today we're sharing an excerpt from @rfredekenter.bsky.social, one of two of his poems ruffling their prescient feathers in our new edition, Biophilia.

To read the whole piece, follow our links or find us on wingedmoon.com/biophilia

We'd love to know what you think...

#poetrycommunity #poetry

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 11d

L.A (2023) (c) Robert Frede Kenter #photo #photoart #image #LosAngeles #photographsofbluesky #street #queer #lgbtqia
@icefloepress.bsky.social @mjseyesopened.bsky.social

Photo by Robert Frede Kenter (2023) Los Angeles. A white low rise industrial-loft building/ storefront/ mural of red leaves, a fish, flowers. Caption red ink, "When you're queer, you're family"

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 13d

Ty so much Jenny. 🔥

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 13d

Ty so much Vikki. "white static". So lovely you are also nominated for your work.

To #silverbranches! 💐🎸🎤

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 13d

Link Wray for start of October. #music #bskytunes #playlist #nowplaying #jukebox @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @feversof.bsky.social @bimxie.bsky.social @jacobwren.bsky.social @jakkybankong-obi.bsky.social @mjseyesopened.bsky.social

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Fallin' Rain

YouTube video by Link Wray - Topic

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Stefanie Kirby @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social · 14d

So thankful to have spent time with this collection from @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and @rfredekenter.bsky.social, and to see it out in the world now!

Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 15d

"In the Blueprint of Her Iris evokes an expressionist tapestry that echoes the complexities of land, language, and loss."

Grateful to prescient poet @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social for beautiful praise of In the Blueprint of Her Iris @rfredekenter.bsky.social.

Out now from @icefloepress.bsky.social🔥

Praise for In the Blueprint of Her Iris by Stefanie Kirby, author of Fruitful.

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 13d

Honored for a BOTN nomination (& for a poem dear to me).Ty @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social for opportunity to be Silver Branches feature (poems & images) lovingly curated @matthewmcsmith.bsky.social & now this Unexpected & delighted. 💐 To other nominees, all formidable incl. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social

Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 14d

Our #SilverBranch project 'Best of the Net' nom's this year. Special mention for our posthumous award for Ivor Daniel.🕊️

Julian Cason @hool415.bsky.social
Vikki C @vikkicwrites.bsky.social
@ivordaniel.bsky.social
@rfredekenter.bsky.social
@saraswatinagpal.bsky.social
@markantonyowen.com

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Black Bough Poetry @blackboughpoetry.bsky.social · 14d

'D Train (Midnight) Conduction' by Canadian creative @rfredekenter.bsky.social has been nominated from the #SilverBranch project for 'The Best of the Net'. Congratulations Robert!

www.blackboughpoetry.com/robert-frede...

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Vikki C. @vikkicwrites.bsky.social · 15d

"In the Blueprint of Her Iris evokes an expressionist tapestry that echoes the complexities of land, language, and loss."

Grateful to prescient poet @msstefaniekirby.bsky.social for beautiful praise of In the Blueprint of Her Iris @rfredekenter.bsky.social.

Out now from @icefloepress.bsky.social🔥

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 21d

@amantineb.bsky.social

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Ice Floe Press (Closed No Subs for a Bit) @icefloepress.bsky.social · 21d

It's available! A new brilliant collaborative work. It combines #writings of @vikkicwrites.bsky.social and #art/vispo of @rfredekenter.bsky.social. A back & forth fine-tuned visionary process of not-programmatic but parallel, converging, image-text pieces making a third. For sale at our website now!

Cover image IN THE BLUEPRINT OF HER IRIS, poems: Vikki C. Art: Robert Frede Kenter. Book placed in vines. Cover & photo: Robert Frede Kenter (c) 2025.

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 21d

Final week to send your experimental / outside #collections of poetic short prose/ #shortstories to Kari Flickinger Memorial Prize. I'm final reader/ judge this year. Looking for amazing, gentle, revolutionary, visceral, non-traditional #prose work! Details here!

kariflickingermemorialprize.com

KARI ANN FLICKINGER MEMORIAL PRIZE

An alternative prize for poetry and fiction

kariflickingermemorialprize.com

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RobertFredeKenter @rfredekenter.bsky.social · 25d

Coltrane for Friday #tunes #bskymusic #playlist #jukebox #JohnColtrane @vikkicwrites.bsky.social @upfromsumdirt.bsky.social @bookgaga.bsky.social @darkwinterlitmag.bsky.social @thewingedmoon.bsky.social @ballastjournal.bsky.social @cablestreet-litmag.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrqb...

JOHN COLTRANE WISE ONE

YouTube video by marlondavis1000

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