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Reviews To : "trainride elsewhere" |
John,
I enjoyed this one as a different voice to your poetry! My favorites were many..."to trap a smile under an oak tree," "against the water," "sunset poem," fear of an empty notebook,"the outside sits and wonders with me" amongst others. You showed great range in the haikus and the prose poetry, hats off to you! Thanks for sharing, I think this one will offer much to your readers. All the best, Col
A review of "trainride_elsewhere" the fourth collection of poems by MisterPoet.
Written by Colleen Avelli on October 22, 2006.
"trainride_elsewhere" offers readers a softer, more descriptive Thompson than in previous collections. While "trainride" still packs the punch of stylistic diversity associated with Thompson, the fourth collection branches into the languid beauty of MisterPoet's descriptive pen. From the opening poem, readers find nature and persons come alive within tales of imagery and poetic prose. Haikus abound filter throughout the collection to entice and to entertain readers. For the lovers of earlier collections, there are some of Thompson's 'signature' topics and poetic portrayals of relationships and life, look for them in titles such as, "bliss.kiss.whisper.masturbate.' "trainride_elsewhere" shows Thompson in a most vulnerable and a most shining light...hats off to MisterPoet for taking off the gloves and throwing them into the ring! A most worthy read!
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review by : Mona Lisa
John Thompson pens his intriguing work entitled Trainride Elsewhere: The Fourth Collection of Misterpoet. Enticing his audience, he pleases the emotional and visceral senses which often evoke pain and pleasure. His poetry is sharp, precise, and, one may say, economically written. The words are carefully chosen to create distinct portraits and images for that one moment in time.
Naturalistic themes, not unfamiliar in Thompson's work vividly appear throughout in stanzas and haikus. He playfully jots down ideas and thoughts of his surroundings; trees, leaves, willows, and metaphorically he relates them to human beings. Thompson sees the beauty in nature in both man and nature and the Oneness in the world and brings that into his poetry.
His haikus, in particular, are powerful: "razor, dances, / across skin: a red river--/waterfall thin." Thompson explores human relationships, life encounters, and even tackles tragedies as 9/11 through beautiful poetry.
Sparking a somewhat new tone is that of unhurried attention to sensuality and motion. The words caress his images leaving his readers remembering his poems long after they have left the page.
A majority of the collection are written in haikus. The rest in poetic form vary a bit context. However, they do not stray from Thompson's original playfulness with words. His keen desire and observational ability to recognize the connectivity in the world shines through in his poems.
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