tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705212129043604002.post6470523143860637723..comments2023-11-02T01:12:33.019-07:00Comments on Brian Palmu: Edward Carson's Birds Flock Fish SchoolBrian Palmuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05850783426719352543noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705212129043604002.post-44633969673710536662015-12-19T18:08:44.027-08:002015-12-19T18:08:44.027-08:00Thanks for the kind words, Brent. I used to get co...Thanks for the kind words, Brent. I used to get comments, but (perhaps) since I put a restriction on anonymous entries, it's been dust 'n' tumbleweeds in here. Funny, that.<br />Brian Palmuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850783426719352543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5705212129043604002.post-88967486376559085402015-12-19T10:29:14.265-08:002015-12-19T10:29:14.265-08:00I'm sure many would object that this review is...I'm sure many would object that this review is unnecessarily negative (or simply unnecessary because negative), but I want to express my thanks for another entertaining example of your uncompromising constructive criticism. I can rely on finding pithy descriptions of both the admirable and the not-so-much-so in your reviews. Here it's the exposé of "arrogant first-person plural" and "vague sermons dressed up with somber, vatic assumptions." As you say, these are aspects of "an always-popular subset of Canadian poetry ..."<br />I'm one of the (probably many) people who have read every poetry critique on your blog, not because I always agree, but because this kind of criticism is almost nowhere to be had otherwise. <br />I read a few poems from Birds Flock Fish School at the local book store and felt the same impatience with the style and tone as you describe. But beyond justifying my first impression and my subsequent laziness (ie my not reading the book in its entirety) your review more importantly sends me back to Carson's book with curiosity -- by finding a good poem in the mix. <br />I don't expect this to be posted as a comment -- no one seems to do that these days, and I wouldn't want to be the first.<br />Cheers!<br />Brent RaycroftBrent Raycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14631332025831488250noreply@blogger.com