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danmc's review
3.0
Turpin brings a unique perspective to poetry--one professional carpenter to balance hundreds of college-professors-of-poetry. His poetry is refreshing: poems like "Don Fargo & Sons", "Waiting For Lumber", and my favorite of all his poems, "Jobsite Wind".
And yet, his perspective seems to be very nearly his one selling point. Not one of my favorite poems in this collection strayed from his work. My favorite in the collection were also the ones that made me pick up the collection: the majority were in The Giant Book of Poetry, including all three I named.
So despite a few poems with refreshingly unique insight, I don't feel like this collection earned out 3 or 4 stars.
And yet, his perspective seems to be very nearly his one selling point. Not one of my favorite poems in this collection strayed from his work. My favorite in the collection were also the ones that made me pick up the collection: the majority were in The Giant Book of Poetry, including all three I named.
So despite a few poems with refreshingly unique insight, I don't feel like this collection earned out 3 or 4 stars.
celli's review
4.0
"to build a house is / a fine trade in youth; in age it must be / a religion."
I loved the carpentry poems - intriguing little snapshots of the people, the different kinds of jobs, the mindset of the work. I was less in love with the unrelated ones, espectially the ones about paintings I haven't seen.
This is definitely my dad's birthday present this year. :)
I loved the carpentry poems - intriguing little snapshots of the people, the different kinds of jobs, the mindset of the work. I was less in love with the unrelated ones, espectially the ones about paintings I haven't seen.
This is definitely my dad's birthday present this year. :)
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