Chapbook
with introduction-in-verse by Jim Daniels
Publisher: Imaginary Friend Press
[N]o amount of labels can define Frame's view of the world. That's what Paper Guillotines is for, and it does the job admirably. So these poems have messages, but they're not message-poems. They stand up for themselves. They are artworks in their own right. And that, more than anything else, is a testament to Frame's ability with verse. He resists the temptation to be carried away by rage and indignation and instead remains measured, meticulous, honest.
— Christopher Frost, in Neon Magazine
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I eye eyes sleepy cigarette holes
a rat's claw on a machine gun trigger
boys (never blondes) bob for debris
batteries temples motels
burning bushes for the Gnostics lost in Finnish America
our microphones as male machines
where are my leather pants and Sex Pistols albums
deep fried gasoline
This artist was awarded the Ohio Arts Council's Individual Excellence Award in Poetry for 2014 and 2016.