Glances of Life

Selected Poems



by J.B. Anderson

Dog Ear Publishing

Outdoors & Nature , Poetry

Pub Date 24 May 2017

I am reviewing a Glances of Life through Dog Ear Publishing and Netgalley:

In this short collection of poetry the poet deals with everything from technology and the digital age, to the beauty of nature and the outdoors.

The poet also talks about childhood, family. I found that despite this book being so short, it packed a powerful punch.

I give Glances of Life five out of five stars.

Happy Reading!

Glances of Life, Select poems by J.B. Anderson, illustration by Maria Rodriguez is a short collection of poems, broken down into three sections. The first is modern, and a personal reflection on things that touch us now, in the here and now. The second is more whimsical, with a touch of humor, perhaps the author thinking with a child's viewpoint from his youth, but reminiscent in a faint whisper of some of Shel Silverstein. The last section are reflections. The very first poem "First Glance" wow'd me, and I want to read it again, and again. And "IT" is so timely. Butterfly Dance is beautiful and reminds me of the day my husband and I visited a butterfly garden. It makes you smile. Shattered makes you think. This book of poems is to read, and reread, and revisit again, and give a copy to a friend. Perfect for poets, and poetry collections in public and academic libraries. It makes me want to read more by this author, as he has a lyrical, whimsical, way with words and thought that makes you think, and smile.

This is a fantastic collection of poetry. Intelligent and heartwarming.

I'm not sure I can really give this a fair review because I really don't know how to interpret poems. I haven't really read any since GCSE English. In any case, I'll do my best.
I personally found some of these poems to be light hearted and funny, but I didn't really get much depth until the last portion. Although part three was, in my opinion, the deeper of the three parts, I still found that nothing really struck me on an immense emotional level.
The first poem of part one was good but I much prefered these poems right next to each other: "The kitten and the bee", "Greenhorn" and "Catching butterflies", all from part two. "The day after", in part three was also powerful.
This small collection of poems had interesting art, but I would have liked more than just the few we got before each part started and sprinkled here and there.