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dilan11's review against another edition
3.0
"I like the sense of play in these poems. He makes very skillful use of rhyme in several of the poems "Immediate City," "Survivor" and "North" for example. There is a mystery to most of these poems. They are also funny. Then there is the long prose poem "The Nature of the Chemical Bond," which is unlike anything else in the book.
However, I have to say that most of the poems didn't quite resonate with me, did not strike that deep chord of recognition, except for "Anima," which I found haunting. Many of the poems have scientific vocabulary and significance, an area in which I am sorely lacking. I gave it 3 stars because of Anima. Otherwise, I am afraid it would have been just 2.
For some reason it reminds me of Michelle Cliff's short story book A Store of a Million Items. They both approach the feelings of childhood and probably from a similar time period of the early to mid sixties."
However, I have to say that most of the poems didn't quite resonate with me, did not strike that deep chord of recognition, except for "Anima," which I found haunting. Many of the poems have scientific vocabulary and significance, an area in which I am sorely lacking. I gave it 3 stars because of Anima. Otherwise, I am afraid it would have been just 2.
For some reason it reminds me of Michelle Cliff's short story book A Store of a Million Items. They both approach the feelings of childhood and probably from a similar time period of the early to mid sixties."
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