Ian’s Reviews > As Kingfishers Catch Fire > Status Update

First poem here I can say I certainly like. Love the sound and imagery of the falcon flying with the wind and the land rolling beneath it, makes the dawn sound like a magnet. I think I might envy animals after finishing Notes from Underground today, they act on impulse and don’t have to make sense of everything constantly.

I feel dumb whenever I pick this up.

I’m finding this very hard to follow, the man clearly loves nature and God a lot, want to figure out how sprung rhythm works to unlock what’s special about this.

Penguin Little Black Classics #2’s poetry already seems more challenging than the compulsively readable and entertaining prose of #1