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A review by dagray08
Field Guide a Tempo by Henry Walters
4.0
One of the best collections of new poetry that I've read in a long time. Walters' poetry shows an ambitious scope and a sincere love of language. His collection connects the minds of Homer, Shakespeare, St. Francis in a way that is modern. The structure of musical terms combined with an look at the natural world both analytically and spiritually . . .
The poem "Eschatologue" demonstrates this meeting of the spiritual and analytical beginning
"It’s every isle is peopled with Calibans. As many, as earthen as we are, we do speak
Well, we hear stuttering or silence& can get raging drunk on just its music" spoken by a true intellect but one not so intellectual that he forgets to look at the world with wonder.
The tension between the two sides of the mind are also evident in the diction which alternates between prose poetry and metered lines displaying an authoritative voice in both realms.
The poem "Eschatologue" demonstrates this meeting of the spiritual and analytical beginning
"It’s every isle is peopled with Calibans. As many, as earthen as we are, we do speak
Well, we hear stuttering or silence& can get raging drunk on just its music" spoken by a true intellect but one not so intellectual that he forgets to look at the world with wonder.
The tension between the two sides of the mind are also evident in the diction which alternates between prose poetry and metered lines displaying an authoritative voice in both realms.