This Blue

Take it up Old Adam -Everyday the world existsTo be named We are all continuously seeking out our place in the cosmos, and if we all stepped back and recognized that each person we met was also looking to understand themselves and their place in the world perhaps we would be more kind to one another. Leggi tutto

I found this collection of classically composed poems by turns beautiful, interesting, and else wise reflective of everyday life and emotions. McLane reflects on people, nature, places, relationships and emotions. There are poems for my up days, poems for the days that I find comfort only in my gard Leggi tutto

Maureen McLane's latest poetry book takes the reader on a lyrical odyssey at turns bitingly humorous and at other times in a world wobbling off its axis like a spinning top coming to rest. Sometimes utterly bizarre but for the most part downright entertaining, enlightening and exceptionally transcen Leggi tutto

A new book of poems by McLane that I was looking forward to has disappointed me greatly. Most of the poems are short lines and somewhat elliptical and slang is used too often. I could not get involved in them. There was only poem, Moss Lake, that I really enjoyed. Nothing remarkable elsewise and I am su Leggi tutto

A lovely new collection from McLane; the wit, intelligence, and subtle musicality of these poems makes this a book worth reading slowly, patiently, and more than once.

"Quick-witted" is the first word that pops into mind when I think of McLane, and indeed her poems are very witty. The first three sections of this book are a bit more quickly paced, though, than is good for them -- I felt they aspired to the kind of jewel-in-time, wise little constructions that you

What is it with poets and the color blue? Although, indeed, the poems in this book do seem to fall out of it. One reading is not enough for a book of poems – even if you read them on a summer night with a full moon and all the windows open and the music off and a brown cat asleep at your feet. So thi Leggi tutto

I picked this book up because it was shortlisted for this year's National Book Award in Poetry. I should have known better given that Louise Gluck's new book actually WON the award and I thought it was not only her weakest book to date, but that its poems were uninspired and too cerebral. I can't re Leggi tutto