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A review by paysonrharris
Face Down in the Leaves by Dwale
5.0
You can often judge the quality of a book of poems by the first stanza. Is it verbose and filled with platitudes? Or is it filled with tight prose that conveys images and meaning?
Face Down in the Leaves starts with an intro that demonstrated in four lines that I was in good hands:
"Shadows flickering over frozen waves,
The silent sea whose stretch we stand before.
Banks of fog with their gamboling foxfires
Behind, we wash our necks and quit the shore..."
The book does not disappoint. Each poem is beautifully crafted, with each word deliberately chosen and placed. Each image touches my soul, and leaves me yearning to understand more, to read the poems again and again.
This is a beautiful book. I recommend it without reservation.
Disclaimer: I received this book as an advance review copy.
Face Down in the Leaves starts with an intro that demonstrated in four lines that I was in good hands:
"Shadows flickering over frozen waves,
The silent sea whose stretch we stand before.
Banks of fog with their gamboling foxfires
Behind, we wash our necks and quit the shore..."
The book does not disappoint. Each poem is beautifully crafted, with each word deliberately chosen and placed. Each image touches my soul, and leaves me yearning to understand more, to read the poems again and again.
This is a beautiful book. I recommend it without reservation.
Disclaimer: I received this book as an advance review copy.