Static and Snow

by Brian Henry

Poetry. Brian Henry takes the blank, desolate canvas of snow and searches "for a river of color buried." With calm precision he sways from physical to abstract, from stasis to motion. The balance creates a chilling vista on the human connection to the ambivalent force of nature. Henry is the author of ten books of poetry and has garnered numerous awards as a translator. His words reframe perception with unsentimental observations and a seasoned comfort with the gray rapaciousness of winter.

Genres: Poetry

88 pages, Paperback

Published November 15, 2015

Reviews

[Benjamin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It definitely does have snow

V unified feeling book. All v competent

The subject matter just didn’t move me and there were very few surprising lines to me. Looking at a river in winter doesn’t carry me for 88 pages

Best lines are from “Bright Inviting”:

to be touched
(angle, light, snow /
river, rock, tree)
is to be altered.

[Simón · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sparse and attentive, like winter soundscapes.

[Greg Bem · Rating 4 out of 5]

My head responded with its own static and snow, visions beneath the most wintry skies.