Ethan Mintmire’s Reviews > Chicago Poems > Status Update

Gotta be honest, I’m not loving these poems. They’re not resonating with me, and the verse is so prose-y that I feel like I’m just reading paragraphs chopped out of a random roaring 20s sad novel and not actually enjoying poetry as an art form. Maybe there’s something to be said for learning to appreciate something— that is after all how I’m reading today, but it’ll take more than this.