Reviews for Order, or Disorder

The average rating for Order, or Disorder based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-02-24 00:00:00 Joni Atkins-ryan Order, Or Disorder is replete with themes that touch on mortality and spirituality. What I love about Amy Newman's brand of poetry is the earthy and impenetrable-but-there air. Her dose of honesty is delivered in a devious way. Excerpted from "Parallax," the poem that contained the titular line: .... Scrape off the shavings like the allowance of sin. This one is from "River," my favorite piece in the book. It is the very antithesis of sappy and inspiring nature poetry. Winter froze the first half-foot of river straight down solid, gray-green, encasing what rushed beneath it. There are underneaths, enclosures, contents. Frames, windows, houses, channels, conduits, arteries, riverbanks. I'm afraid the snow will press on coming summer's grasses. The river hangs names like bodies in the cold trees. Order, Or Disorder is an excruciatingly varied and complex masterpiece. Each poem is well-thought. Each line break is unquestionably contrived to quicken the breathing a little. Each blow is delivered subtly, lovingly.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-02-12 00:00:00 Jeffrey Brown It just didn't light a fire in me.