there is a me shaped space
right here where I stand

there was nothing before

there will be nothing when I leave

French philosopher Gaston Bachelard explored the philosophic and poetic values of space in his masterwork, The Poetics of Space.

In A Choir of Whispers Frank Prem interprets Bachelard's explorations of the poetic quasi-element space, decanting the vivid imagery contained in the philosopher's work into new and accessible free verse poetic storytelling forms, bringing each story to life.

do you have time
do you have enough time sir?
I do not

this machine —
the St Nemom machine —
is a storage unit
for stray moments