Reviews

The Horizontal Poet by Jan Steckel

lesbrary's review

3.0

The review copy of this book came with a business card from the publishing company, Zeitgeist Press, and the tagline on that card is “Poetry you can actually read”. And that is true with The Horizontal Poet, to some extent. Some of the poems are very easy to read and straightforward, while other are more abstract and difficult to follow. Many, however, are medical, describing life inside a hospital. Some of these include medical terminology completely lost on me, which made that tagline a little odd in relation to The Horizontal Poet...

Read the rest of my review here: http://lesbrary.com/2012/06/09/danika-reviews-the-horizontal-poet-by-jan-steckel/

alisonhart's review

4.0

Jan Steckel's quirky, righteous, thick, brilliant and sensuous work is to be read, re-read, and read again!

danikaellis's review

3.0

The review copy of this book came with a business card from the publishing company, Zeitgeist Press, and the tagline on that card is “Poetry you can actually read”. And that is true with The Horizontal Poet, to some extent. Some of the poems are very easy to read and straightforward, while other are more abstract and difficult to follow. Many, however, are medical, describing life inside a hospital. Some of these include medical terminology completely lost on me, which made that tagline a little odd in relation to The Horizontal Poet...

Read the rest of my review here: http://lesbrary.com/2012/06/09/danika-reviews-the-horizontal-poet-by-jan-steckel/