Richard's Reviews > Thaw

Another book of poetry I have enjoyed where words carry you to other places and briefly trap you in their light.
There is much to enjoy here with ideas captured in bold similes and graphic situations. Full of the world of nature. The power of the weather, the vast sky and the changing presence of water.
Reflecting the seasons, and the harshness of life with the pain of relationships, loss and death.
I enjoyed a number of poems, but the quality here could mean my favourites will change on a second reading. The book falls into two parts and I will focus on part 1 to allow yourself to better enjoy the whole.
'The Last Place' stood out for me and I'll quote from others to give you a taste. A number of lines could illustrate my point but Chelsea's femininity struck in in these lines. 'Daughter, Released "That I have to find what comes from darkness before anything good can stay"; one from part 2 'Prayer for an Unnamed Child' "I want to be a man, forget my womb "; 'Borderlands' "...September's teeth in my mother's knees. " and 'In Ten Years' "she waits for people she no longer knows,"
And from the world of nature these great lines: ''Sirens' " I held the wind in my throats like a song" and 'After the Tornado, Summer 1989' "I scratch the mud soaked earth with a stick until it bleeds water"
My final thought is read more poetry please.