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margaret_j_c's review against another edition
It is clear that Rodney Jones is a man who loves words. His enthusiasm over a right descriptive or a perfectly-timed line is palpable.
Sometimes this leads to obscurity in his poetry, but more often it feels like looking at a puzzle - every aspect must be given careful attention before it can fully be appreciated as a whole.
There was not a poem in this book that I straight-up disliked and a couple that I loved, among them being Advice and The Limousine Bringing Isaac Bashevis Singer to Carbondale.
Poetry can cause us to look at the world in a different way, to see beauty in sights which threaten to become stale. But I live in the same place geographically as Jones, yet sometimes feel that we are living in different worlds.
Sometimes this leads to obscurity in his poetry, but more often it feels like looking at a puzzle - every aspect must be given careful attention before it can fully be appreciated as a whole.
There was not a poem in this book that I straight-up disliked and a couple that I loved, among them being Advice and The Limousine Bringing Isaac Bashevis Singer to Carbondale.
Poetry can cause us to look at the world in a different way, to see beauty in sights which threaten to become stale. But I live in the same place geographically as Jones, yet sometimes feel that we are living in different worlds.
queerbillydeluxe's review against another edition
5.0
Love love loved it. I am always happy to find good modern Southern poets, and Jones has the bonus of being an Alabamian! How could you not love a man that writes lines like: "Roy looked at Floyd the way a roofer/ looks at sleet. "Goddam," he said, and shook his head."
librarydino's review
5.0
Love love loved it. I am always happy to find good modern Southern poets, and Jones has the bonus of being an Alabamian! How could you not love a man that writes lines like: "Roy looked at Floyd the way a roofer/ looks at sleet. "Goddam," he said, and shook his head."
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