![]() ![]() What I meant to say is that there are hills and valleys in every book, not so much here, Meyerhofer and his editors are metronome solid, tick, tick, tick. The first thing Today's book of poetry noticed about What To Do If You're Buried Alive was that almost every single poem in this collection was solid as a rock. These hearty, salt-of-the-earth poems all sound like hard won wisdom. ![]() I am tired of the alchemizing the indivisible, How many children or rottweilers he had-Įver managed to lock my father in closets ![]() Today's book of poetry doesn't want to speak for a man we don't know but I'm willing to bet Meyerhofer is from the "try, try, try again - but don't be a damned fool about it" school of hard knocks. Meyerhofer would be typing with one hand before he'd leave a reader stranded on the page. These poems are solid like that friend who would cut off their own hand before they let you down. Michael Meyerhofer's What To Do If You're Buried Alive is the work of a seasoned pro. ![]()
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