This collection of poetry depicts those times and spaces in which awareness is made more acute— from memories of childhood incidents to vivid evocations of America, France, and Spain; from meditations on works of art to precisely observed details of the world as "the thing it is." Infused with a sense of the mysteries to be found within phenomena, this is a collection shaped by the passing of time that reconciles the human and the natural worlds.
There are vast cracks, nay, chasms in my knowledge of so called, modern poets. Never come across Charles Tomlinson prior to 'Cracks in the Universe'. Some sixty selections in this collection, including an ode to the M62, a local six lane that I have never waxed lyrical about.