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False Spring
92 pages, Paperback
Published January 15, 2026
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March 12, 2026
"The building of
small bodies of combustability, smaller rooms,
so the flames can move faster each time."
was giving Steinbeck's,
"The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price."
In regards to the collections subject matter, I was deeply moved by a number of these poems. It's great to see work like this in times like ours.
With this experimental, see what comes out of this formula, style of poetry you get out what you put in. Engaging with these poems for longer than the pace at which I read them will certainly reveal more and more. Yet, I also find the inherent randomness about some of these poems, which can't be understood without an explanation or in comparison with other poems from the collection, can make the arbitrary contrivance of it all quite inaccessible and even meaningless for readers not privy to the poets thoughts. Yes, with time we can discover meaning for ourselves from this very patchwork formula, but we can also have trouble if we ourselves as readers don't want to do all the heavy lifting. Without the disclaimer, I wouldn't have understood a number of the poems nearly as well. To be clear, I don't mind having to pair poems with others in a collection to comprehend them individually, as this is all the more reason to include them within a collection together, but for certain readers, this form may not be intuitive or their favorite to interact with.
The more and more I read, the closer and closer I pay attention to the fine print of a book, the dedications, the print history, the author bios, and I have been so amazed and moved by what I have found. In the future, I think I will always take the time to do this now.
small bodies of combustability, smaller rooms,
so the flames can move faster each time."
was giving Steinbeck's,
"The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price."
In regards to the collections subject matter, I was deeply moved by a number of these poems. It's great to see work like this in times like ours.
With this experimental, see what comes out of this formula, style of poetry you get out what you put in. Engaging with these poems for longer than the pace at which I read them will certainly reveal more and more. Yet, I also find the inherent randomness about some of these poems, which can't be understood without an explanation or in comparison with other poems from the collection, can make the arbitrary contrivance of it all quite inaccessible and even meaningless for readers not privy to the poets thoughts. Yes, with time we can discover meaning for ourselves from this very patchwork formula, but we can also have trouble if we ourselves as readers don't want to do all the heavy lifting. Without the disclaimer, I wouldn't have understood a number of the poems nearly as well. To be clear, I don't mind having to pair poems with others in a collection to comprehend them individually, as this is all the more reason to include them within a collection together, but for certain readers, this form may not be intuitive or their favorite to interact with.
The more and more I read, the closer and closer I pay attention to the fine print of a book, the dedications, the print history, the author bios, and I have been so amazed and moved by what I have found. In the future, I think I will always take the time to do this now.
Displaying 1 of 1 review