Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Perelló (Valencia)
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
This masterful poetry extinguishes those artificial lines that distinguish a moment from a century. It is all here and available to us, Mark Young shows. 'A late/afternoon/point of co-/incidence // this bench/in the/Botanical Gardens/shared/with Desnos/& Diogenes' reminds us nature crafts consciousness right back at us. 'Black cockatoos . . .small white flowers.' This against the beautiful political purity of stating the truth in 'damp trumpets.' Quote from final poem, DAMP TRUMPETS: 'Where are the submarines? I shouted out. You promised you’d drain the swamp so I’d be able to see the submarines that were lying on the bottom.'Things come together from a distance above, revealing equally how far they are apart. Mark Young’s keen eye disturbs predictability. He knows from many angles refutation and commingling. Pachelbel’s Canon and mismatched feelings between a man and a woman. Sheila E. Murphy
