there is charm here that's unique to the geography its set in. though am from different part of the world, our foundational response to grief, loneliness, love, are similar.

some were pretty deep while some were a miss. a balanced collection that lays deep within the skeleton of homes.

<i>Thank you to Netgalley and Central Avenue Publishing for providing me with a free copy of this e-book in exchange for an honest review.</i>

Fue una lectura breve que pensé que podía ofrecer algo distinto entre libros más largos, pero la verdad es que me dejó bastante indiferente. No encontré ningún poema que realmente me llegara o destacara, y en general me pareció bastante plano. No diría que fue terrible, pero definitivamente no es algo que volvería a leer ni que me haya dejado mucho.

I was provided a review copy of this book.

This was a nice short book of poems to read as bit of something different in between reading some of my usual longer books. It was ok for the length it was but it wasn’t something that really gripped my attention and interested me.

I absolutely loved this book of poetry and plan to buy it for my collection when it's out. A lot of feeling went into this powerful little book. A must read.

Thank you for the advanced copy of this book!

These poems are so delicately situated in their people, places, and atmosphere. I found the development of character quite stunning in this work. Many of the pieces read like prose. Thankful to read a new-to-me poet!

I was born and raised in the south so when I saw this I wanted to see if I could connect. Sadly, this missed for me. I'm not the biggest poetry person, so maybe I wasn't the right person for this. It brought me down; a lot of the pages are very grief ridden.

There are dreams in this collection. Dreams that remind the poet of people and experiences, places and emotions. Sometimes it isn't immediately clear to the reader which of these recollections are actual, and which are imagined. (Maybe the poet is thinking something similar.) This poetic account of a southern boyhood is a fairly quick read and highlights nature, sports, hunting, friendship, family. love and death. Mud and blood, deer and fish, baseball and shop class, Jesus and your best friend, fathers and grief... it's a memoir in verse.

I read this straight through in one sitting and enjoyed the entire collection. It strikes me that this particular book is one that you will want to share with your poetry-loving friends. More satisfying, though, is that you can also recommend it to the poetry skeptic and feel confident that it will surprise them and encourage them to seek out more poems for their future reading.