Review: Not quite poetry.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 12, 2012
This work is not poetry, but it wouldn't be quite fair to say that it is a just a collection of very short essays with unusual punctuation, either. I do think that there is room for works in between poetry and prose, and even like Wayne Blizard's work within that no-man's land.But it is a no-man's land, and a very difficult trick to truly pull off, honestly. These squibs seemed to me closer to essays than lyrics, however heartfelt. Poetic device, meter, allusion, etc., are not much in evidence. Descriptive prose is.It might be reasonable to call it modern Folk-Poetry; and I might not be well-placed to judge such writing.Perhaps I met with this book on a day when I was deficient in sentiment - meeting with my doctor, as I did today, does tend to do that - however I wasn't able to get into the book. GNED.