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A review by courtneyfalling
Fieldnotes on Ordinary Love by Keith S. Wilson
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
4.0
"Moments are not for revision—
if they are lived honestly, they are open to one interpretation
only. They make you like a child.
Of course that’s what they make."
This has been on my radar for maybe two years, after Keith Wilson started teaching poetry at my college, and it has a lovable slowness that grew on me throughout the collection! I'd say it primarily focuses on love and relationship loss, Blackness, and mythology (including some Greek mythology) and the stories we tell ourselves, all with a friendly gentleness that made the poems read easily on the page and out loud.
Favorite poems:
if they are lived honestly, they are open to one interpretation
only. They make you like a child.
Of course that’s what they make."
This has been on my radar for maybe two years, after Keith Wilson started teaching poetry at my college, and it has a lovable slowness that grew on me throughout the collection! I'd say it primarily focuses on love and relationship loss, Blackness, and mythology (including some Greek mythology) and the stories we tell ourselves, all with a friendly gentleness that made the poems read easily on the page and out loud.
Favorite poems:
- Fieldnotes
- Mob
- Cincinnati Windy Grays
- Heliocentric
Side note: Who tagged this as "erotica" in their review?! I just wanna have a word...
Content Warnings
Moderate: Racism
Minor: Sexual content