The first poem in the book that caught me is titled "The Feet of Giants" and talks about art and its effect on us.
Various others made an impression on me as well:
- "The Mastery of Men" about domestic violence
- "I See You" about homelessness
- Christchurch, "March 15th, 2019" about the white supremacist attacks on the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand
- "I Am A Man" about being trans, gender dysphoria, and transphobia
- "Picture Quality" about the ongoing fight for the right to exist for trans (and other LGBTQIA+) people
- "Beauty's a Construct," (self explanatory)
- "The Letters We Lose." A fun and fanciful imagining of letters and words and what happens to them when they're erased
Overall, I absolutely love this collection, and I don't really have a bad thing to say about it. I have his next collection (The Backwater Sermons) and I can't wait to dive into it.