Poetry is medicine and there are no side effects! Poems help you to experience life, emotions, and so much more! Join me on my journey of loving poems and using them in times of joy, trouble, so many things!

My poem, “Cinematic Solitude,” about an old historic movie theater has been published in the 2024 Muse’s Gallery of Highland Park Poetry. You can read it and other poems here: highlandparkpoetry.org/blank-3/
My new poetry book, Unresponsive Sky, published by Purple Unicorn Media
LB Sedlacek’s latest poetry collection, “Unresponsive Sky,” embarks on an exploration that traverses the vast expanse of the cosmos and delves into the intricacies of our everyday existence and beyond. It is a poetic odyssey that poses a myriad of questions ranging from celestial inquiries, enigmatic silences of the universe and the allure of Earth-like planets in distant galaxies. Poems seem as if they’re written from a vantage point of a comet hurtling through space yet descending into the ordinary while pondering the impact of humanity on the environment, contemplating the existence of artificial life and delving into other uncharted territories.
Within the pages of this new poetry book, readers will find answers that may be comforting but also unsettling. Sedlacek encourages the contemplation of our complex reality comparing it to an unyielding sky. Imagine mixing cosmic musings and a dose of astronomy while adding a bit of whimsical fantasy to then savor this collection as you buckle up and take an enchanting ride through the poetic cosmos of “Unresponsive Sky.”
LB Sedlacek’s newest poetry collection asks a lot of questions: from the celestial (about the silence in the universe, the closest earth-like planets, the view from a comet) to the everyday (the human impact on the environment, the nature of robots, a dog’s possible extra senses). And we get answers, some of which are comforting, some that are not, but all of which force readers to think about our reality both on Earth and beyond. The collection may be titled Unresponsive Sky, but Sedlacek uses its pages to convey more than just a response to the ponderings within its stanzas. She makes us wonder about our existence, and she helps us understand that we can make that existence better for all if we are only willing to engage in complicated thought. What greater compliment to a collection of poetry is there? – Jared Morningstar, author of Lost in America
“If you were to mix a cup of cosmic musings with a healthy dose
of astronomy, a teaspoon of fantasy, and a pinch of whimsy, what
would you get? The latest poetry collection by L.B. Sedlacek! Extremely
well-written, these poems are not only entertaining but also rather addictive.
Yes, this book is hard to put down. So fasten your seatbelt.
“Unresponsive Sky” is a delightful ride! Highly recommend.” -Laura Stamps, author of “My Friend Tells Me She Wants A Dog”
Two of my new poems appear in “Swifts and Slows” a quarterly of crisscrossings. You can read them here: https://www.arteidolia.com/swifts-slows-lb-sedlacek/
Many thanks to Highland Park Poetry for publishing my poem, “Conquering the Map.” You can view the original FB post and poem here: https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=804985704550832&set=a.579194347129970
I speak North Cackalacky
Clanka Lanka
Kakerlake
“tsalaki” (cha-lak-ee)
stuck down here
up here
in the boondocks
in Cackalack
beach
mountains
BBQ sauce
don’t forget the sweet potatoes
Sigogglin’ (crooked not straight)
in the Smoky Mountains
(there’s no E in Smoky)
beware the dingbatters
in the Outer Banks
and you might could
ride your lawnmower to
the grocery store or
ride your tractor to the movies
or move your recliner onto
the front porch just to watch
the lightning bugs or
turn your carport into a living
room with cinder blocks
only in North Cackalacky
yeah, I speak North Cacaklack!

Please check out me explaining North Carolina aka North Cackalacky for my poet friend Rick Lupert for his pop up PR for his new poetry book “The Low Country Shvitz” (poems about Savannah, Charleston, Asheville, Charlotte) here: https://youtu.be/Qzi9vM-6xe4 and then get your own copy of his book (where he brings the humidity not the heat to these wonderful travel poems) here: https://www.poetrysuperhighway.com/rick/about/the-low-country-shvitz/
I have two new poems in “Setu” magazine. You can read them here: https://www.setumag.com/2023/02/lb-sedlacek-western-voices-2023.html
New poetry book, Chasing Sunsets, of poems about Charleston, Daniel Island and of course Sunsets, now available!
There’s nothing better than watching a good sunset. All the colors: orange, red, yellow, pink are a sight to see. The sun blazes across the sky then dips down to sleep on that end of the earth at night.
This new book of poems by award winning poet LB Sedlacek involves the setting sun as well as place poems in Charleston and Daniel Island, South Carolina as well as the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Carolina and West Virginia.
There’s just something about watching the sunset. Take time to stop and watch the sunset wherever you are!
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