A review by skitch41
A Small Story about the Sky by Alberto Ríos

4.0

As someone who is pretty new to poetry, I am still discovering my tastes. But this is a fine collection of poems from Arizona's first Poet Laureate. While some of his best poems in this collection have to do with the border between the U.S. and Mexico, but there is a wide variety of subjects covered in this collection. His poems on nature are particularly interesting. I especially loved Mr. Ríos' use of simile, non-rhyming couplets, and free verse. It made his work seem less bound to the conventions that I am used to seeing from my high school days. And while not every poem is a hit, more of them are hits than not. This is a good poetry book for people interested in the border and nature.