David Given Schwarm

This is yet another fantastic book of poems that I have picked up at the Newport Beach Public Library. I am on an extreme run of success!

I really liked the use of language on this one–all sorts of strange enjambment and other lyrical twists and turns which made these fairly confessional sounding works very interesting. Frank and often ironic, I felt that just about every single poem in the three sections worked very well–the poems with longer line length (and the stanza and line length were definite in almost all of the poems, lots of fun repetition) worked more effectively for me–they some how seemed less poetic and more honesty.

A strong book of poems by a poet I will watch for in the future.

There were also several mentions of Artist Colonies in the printer note and thank you’s–which I would like to find time to follow up on.