My 2nd poetry challenge is inspired by Sanna Annukka’s stunning cover art (which she created in PhotoShop) for Keane’s sophomore CD titled "Under the Iron Sea," seen here.
Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to write a poem (title of your choice, any length, and/or form will suffice) and submit it to me, either in the Comments section or via the e-mail link. I'll publish the noteworthy ones.
The last challenge, Mammatus Clouds, was a great success. Two of the poems (by Pris Campbell and Lorna Dee Cervantes) went on to be published in MiPoesias Magazine: Women's Edition, earlier this Spring.
Good luck!
Regarding Keane's New CD
Keane is famous for "Somewhere Only We Know." They toured as a front-band for U2 along the East Coast of the US, where they recorded many of the songs on this CD.
"Under the Iron Sea" has been met with a few acclaimed reviews by Entertainment Weekly, Urb, and Aidin Vaziri of Amazon. It has met with fair reviews, however, by Billboard, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, and Slant, to name a few.
Consider this snippet of a review from Slant:
What they have done, to their credit, is take the best elements from those bands--Radiohead's soaring melodies, U2's scope and volume, Coldplay's dogged earnestness--and combine them into something that, for much of Under The Iron Sea's running time, is a perfectly respectable alternative to, say, the likes of Train or The Goo Goo Dolls or to Coldplay's comparatively bland X&Y.
To get a complete sampling of reviews for the album, visit Metacritics page.
To view some of their music videos, go here.
I encourage you to have a listen to all of them, but I am most impressed with "Is It Any Wonder?" "Bedshaped," which has extraordinary animation; "Everybody’s Changing;" and their smash hit, "Somewhere Only We Know."
Read an interview with Sanna, regarding her work for Keane, on the Keane website.
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