Tag: Daniel Casey
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THE FIRE LIT & NEARING, J.G McClure’s debut poetry collection, reviewed by Daniel Casey
Ruminating on alternate paths, detailed speculation on choices not made, and a darkly comic melancholy characterize J.G. McClure’s debut poetry collection The Fire Lit & Nearing. The tone of these poems when they are most successful is casual crafting surreal responses to the mundane facts of living. From the opening poem ‘Odyssey II’ imagining an…
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Flowers & Sky, lectures and unpublished poems by Aaron Shurin, reviewed by Daniel Casey
Every poet is unconsciously dominated by particularities. There is a moment in the writing life of most when they come to realize not just their habits or style but also obsessions and predilections. It is a moment when a writer sees their work from the outside. Often, this will lead to self-imitation or, to put…
Heavy Feather Review 