Dickman skillfully uses blank space and sparse lines to convey meaning in ways that aren't overburdened with language. These are dark poems, but not without humor and heart. There are lines such as these from one of the first poems, "Scary Parents":Ian broke his mother's nose because she burned t...
When I finished reading this collection, I reread my review of his last book and thought "could I have possibly loved it that much?" then, I reread some of the poems from it - yes, yes I did.So, what happened? This one feels like such a mess to me.To be honest, part of the problem lies with me. ...