Satellite Convulsions: Poems from Tin House
Blurb for the back cover:
“The shear amount of poetry contained in this book is daunting and you can’t help but love some poems but hate other”
What would my week long celebration of National Poetry Month be without a review of some poetry?
Tin House was nice enough to send me a review copy of their poetry anthology Satellite Convulsions a few months ago, and in my spare time I have been slowly reading it. Poetry for me is a hard thing to just sit down and read. I find it easier to enjoy in short little burst like when eating breakfast before work or waiting for a class to start. Unlike a novel, if I sit for a long period of time trying to read poem after poem, my brain will shut off and I will be reading the words but not processing them. I’ll zone out, if you will.
Satellite Convulsions is a collection of over one hundred different poets (106 total) and spans 235 pages. That’s right folks, 235 pages of pure, unadulterated poetry. It would be impossible to me to personally share my thoughts on every single poem. Ok, not impossible, but I don’t have that much spare time on my hands. Since I believe poetry is subjective, naturally my enjoyment of the poems contained in this book ranged from really enjoying it to couldn’t wait for the poem to be over. Because of this, the book works. The shear amount of poetry contained in this book is daunting and you can’t help but love some poems but hate other. I would recommend this book for the poetry enthusiast or someone who is wanting to expand their poetry horizon and discover new poets.
20 in 2009 Challenge: 5/20
