I liked the first one, but it's all sort of just spelled out, like a memoir. It's nice to make beauty from the ordinary, but his stuff gets sort of tired after a while as a consequence. He's really good at recounting in lovely detail real events...is that poetry? Yes, but it only moves so far, at least for me.
I own three of his books. I am an aspiring poet, therefore I write and read poetry constantly. =)
Wheelchair919 2 years ago 4
I liked the first one, but it's all sort of just spelled out, like a memoir. It's nice to make beauty from the ordinary, but his stuff gets sort of tired after a while as a consequence. He's really good at recounting in lovely detail real events...is that poetry? Yes, but it only moves so far, at least for me.
ClausAnderson 3 years ago
I will never think about poetry in the same way again.
lisag6 3 years ago 3
A great painter of words
charliechess 3 years ago 2