Des Greene

I am the type of poetry reader who, like those obnoxious people in art galleries, 'don't know much about it but I know what I like.' What appeals to me in various poems isn't always clear to me but whatever it is was missing in most of the poems in this volume. The message seemed apparent and, for some reason, that made me feel like the poems were too obvious in their content. Perhaps if the content had been in a more traditional form with a rhyme scheme and a rhythym that I could enjoy I would have appreciated them more.

My favorites were "The White Butterflies", "Searching", "The Badger" and "To Think".… (more)