Bruce Dethlefsen can make a stunning poem of just about anything he aims his pen at. These are beautiful, uncluttered poems, deeply saturated with innocence and wordliness. These are satisfying poems filled with an easy, languid grace.
Other than a couple of his poems, such as "The Tree Story" in which he compares his failed marriage to a pine tree blown down in the wind, the writing is fatuous and gooey!