Hermit Thrush

by Mark Frutkin

Lightness, clarity, freshness, simplicity - all can be used to describe this latest collection of poems by Mark Frutkin. Throughout, the poet shines his light on subjects as diverse as the cathedral of Chartres, ancient Chinese poets, the art of listening, and tiny, black beetles that devour books. Poems as thin and sharp as a blade and as sweet as honeysuckle. A unique work that dissolves into the silence of dusk like the lucid, haunting knock of the hermit thrush.

76 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2015

Reviews

[Barbara Sibbald]

Mark is an incredibly accomplished poet. His pen moves gracefully, far and wide, from Haiku, to the Tiber, Li Po to Hugo Grotius. Art, metaphors and so much more benefits from his poetic view.
A few favourites include "Anatomy of a house" and "life with Artists."
I'll be reading this again.