posted on 2023-08-04, 20:40authored byMark Edward Kraynak
This collection of poetry is separated into three sections. The first is a group of travel poems relating the experience of places, called "Tourisms." The second is a long poem entitled "Modus Poeticus," which, rather than a traditional ars poetica, relates the method and practice of writing for the poet (translated literally, it refers to the mode of poetry). The title of the third section, "Misfits, Formal and Informal," refers both to the poems themselves and to the subject matter. These are poems about missed connections and awkward situations---in short, misfits.