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Poetry is hard to review in one go, I like to give it time to sit and consider my true judgement of it based on how often I return to it or if the poems come up in my thoughts. Permeable Divide is a unique mix of poetry, all classically evaluating life, but some emptier than others. They're well written and unique, but not as memorable as I had hoped.
For the life of me I cannot put into words why I enjoyed this collection, but I did.
I read it via Netgalley! Glad for that...But was not a must read.
«My house is a maze.
(Look if you wish
as little interrupts me.)
[...]
(though they wear a film of indifference.)» This kind of sum up the book content/ my opinion as a reader.
Must say that it is a very opaque poetry, thick in common places, sparsely in depth. Perhaps I was expecting something else. Some failed attempts, sound too forced: «Arthritis, stroke (and always cancer)/ chance that I drop into the void-» Writing that reveals the need for some improvement, in a poetic landscape speaking. As so all things come to an end «Some fears take long to uncover» others as this book, are easy to read, and also in a short period of time.