Though not an experienced poetry reader, I sampled this collection because it was included in the 2012 ReLit Awards longlist; I sampled thirteen poems.The breadth of the poems' titles hints at the diversity of the collection's styles and content. Whether writing in classical forms or reflecting the ...
I can't rate this. I mean, if I were to judge it on the merits of the writing alone, it would receive five stars but damn it, it's just so brutally raw I can't do it justice. Not for the faint of heart. That much I can say.
Not a particularly memorable collection, but there's just something about reading about the places you live and the places you know. Some of us don't get that very often.