Second Space: New Poems Book

Meh. On one hand it's remarkable that Milosz was still writing at a high level so late in life (and several of these poems are quite good). But boy, there's a lot of prosey stuff that is, well, prose (and I'm flexible on that). The Robert Hass effect? There are also two long "poems" that eat up about half the book. And I didn't like them. Milosz is at his best when dealing with memory. He's kind of boring when he starts meditating on religion. I actually love religious poetry, but I also set a high bar. If it's boring, you're probably preaching and not reaching. "Classmate" was my favorite, but it's not available online.