Review by Deborah K. Frontiera The book’s title-poem, “Roots in Water” does not appear until close to the end of the book. It is about snipping a shoot from a bush and placing it in a pickle jar of water to grow a new plant. Simple, but also complex, since…
Review by Mack Hassler Rome Asleep Rome in her nightdress, nothing supporting…. Bridges across the Tiber hold islands in their sleep…. In the morning tourists will return Fresh from hotel showers, packed in buses That hum like arrows around the cars parked On edges of space. (p. 15) In…
The Academy We Need Review by Mack Hassler In reading this solid new chapbook of poems by a fine poet, whom I had not heard of before, it is clear that being from Copper Country (Laurium) need not confine one to local color work. Johnson makes use of ideas, images…
