"THIS IS NOT A SONG." by J. I.B. Poet (Review)

But it's still beautiful in some uniquely tragic way...this is a review of Ian Bush's THIS IS NOT A SONG Poetry Book. His 4th? Been following for a while. A few of my favorites and why. (TCE#131)

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1. Ian’s Poetry to me is like:

A poetic-scientific observation of pain.

It is an odd mix between the objective and the subjective. Especially in the new book (THIS IS NOT A SONG), it seems like at parts he is quoting anthropology textbooks, sociologists, dissecting animal behavior—relating it to us.

He counts things in the …