Cedricsmom’s Reviews > Real Toads, Imaginary Gardens: On Reading and Writing Poetry Forensically > Status Update

Okay, I'm satisfied with her explanation on why she chose the first poem she chose. I feel heard. And anticipated. I guess I'm not the first person to have that response to Thorow.

I went into this fully aware that I won't know what's going on (because I don't read much poetry), but I was seduced by the word "forensic" and I thought we would learn to interrogate the text like true crime. The only crime I see so far is the slop she chose in chapter 1. WTF am I looking at? Experimental poetry? For crying out loud, why can't she start with a simple poem like Dover Beach? Way to lose the audience.