Blessing the House (Pitt Poetry Series) by Jim Daniels

Blessing the House (Pitt Poetry Series) Reviews

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  C. Varn

  Jim Daniels collection, Blessing the House, is a braided narrative that primarily deals with the failures of domesticity. The poems here are free verse, short-to-medium line lengths, and lots of quiet desperation and hope. Indeed, the is the collection here that shines more than particular poems, and it is a collection that benefits from getting through your 20s and failing at love and/or parenting. The nostalgia is both reveled in and strongly critiqued through Daniels' exploration in how it pushes the narrator of his poems both into the future and also stops the future and present from being fully inhabited. A solid collection of narrative poetry.
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  Phil Fillinger

  Had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Daniels at a poetry workshop I was selected for in high school. The Mancini Academy Of Arts put the whole thing on and he was the guest speaker. He was also a professor at Carnegie Melon, which gave him a decent amount of credibility.
  
  Now to the collection of poems. I initially read this at too early of an age... not fully appreciating it. Growing up a bit I eventually “got it” and really enjoyed most of the poems. This books hold a special place for me as it’s a “small time” author, solid poetry, and the nostalgia from the school days.
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  Sonya Feher

  Daniels is a master of braided narrative.
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  Eric

  I recntly re-read my copy of this and it was better than I remember it. Very good contemporary poetry. Thought provoking and emotive. Very well done.