my radius, a small stone

Author: Brad Vogler Publisher: Spuyten Duyvil (2018) "The stone in Brad Vogler’s my radius, a small stone is not a pebble thrown to poke and pock a small pond. It is a 'hum of gusts & pause'—a slow way of being. Vogler’s 'ed/ing' is not editing of grief after a loss; it is 'wind driven / & lingering /chorus of ructions' gently 'map/ped' in time with the utmost of care. This exquisite poetry collection is a bookmaker’s delight: 'the pages grid us' 'a word at a time.' Vogler offers simultaneity, proximity. Home, bed, shore: his particulars are our familiars too. His palpable daily-ness carves an expansive sea.  We see, we turn, we pause 'without where / (a language for)/ the name (you)’re) mapped.' We enter parenthetical space. We enter beautiful two-page spreads 'where you lay/lie' within qualm/calm. We enter solace as his sonar places us, assures us: 'a brave way sits with/in you.' This book can be read forward or backwards page-by-page. Either way, Vogler pledges 'here: no cla