Reviews for A Pentecost of Finches: New and Selected Poems

The average rating for A Pentecost of Finches: New and Selected Poems based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-09-15 00:00:00 Cheryl Grue Siegel is what St. Francis might be like were St. Francis alive right now and writing contemporary poetry. There are lots of poems about animals here, and animals that you might not expect would be poem-worthy. A silverfish? A worm? A daddy-long-legs? But Siegel has an eye for the beauty in the everyday, which I guess you kind of need to be a poet. Not every poem captured me. Those that were most effective were those that read like hymns, and again he was reminiscent of St. Francis-- calling the sun, the morning, the aroma of coffee and breakfast, the feel of a razor on the face, to praise the Lord.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-08-20 00:00:00 William Bradford Excellent as expected. Some of his phrasing is so choice it makes me inspired, and some just makes me despair of ever writing anything close.