Broken Poetry in Abstract Fragmentation

About the Book

BROKEN POETRY IN ABSTRACT FRAGMENTATION presents a collection of thirteen poems that explore themes as diverse as the meaning of existence to people pressing the bounds of their own realities. The title of the work itself means Broken Poetry set in the style of Abstract Fragmentation. That is, broken and disconnected ideas, a play on words and their phonetics, and visual imagery set in the emotional form of abstract and fragmented sentences. Terence Scott, throughout the work, displays a number of poetic techniques that demonstrate a mastery of the English language through creative and thought provoking word choices. These poems defy conventional structure. There is an existential air that hangs over them and an inherent touch of the Occult. The collection poses interest to readers seeking a new voice in modern poetry and to all poetry fans seeking a fresh perspective on classic poetic themes.

About the Author

Terence Scott was born in New York City in 1978. Raised in a single parent household, his mother, Ann, was a registered nurse who worked in New York Hospital. He was educated at the Westchester Day School in a dual academic program until the age of 13. For a change of atmosphere, he attended Mamaroneck High School and graduated in 1996. He then did some college level Creative Writing at New York City's New School for Social Research and NYU. Some of his poetic and literary influences include Edgar Allan Poe, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Friedrich Nietzsche, Fyodor Dostoevsky and Door's poet Jim Morrison. Terence presently attends Iona College in New Rochelle, New York and is majoring in Journalism.