Words for Empty and Words for Full

by Bob Hicok

I keep changing my mind about which of Bob Hicok's books of poetry is my favorite.  Is it Words for Empty and Words for Full (Univ. of Pittsburgh Press, 2010) or This Clumsy Living (University of Pittsburgh, 2007)?  I finally decided to write about the former title, his latest book, although right up until I started this post I was undecided.  What I love about Hicok's writing is its conversational tone and ways of unexpectedly turning the world inside out and making me think...