Breaking the Surface
Reid, Ian Praise from reviewers of Ian Reid's previous books
Rhumbs, Woods Hole, Mass. (USA), Pourboire Press
'I like best his tough humorous approach and nearly epigrammatic style, his intelligence in using words and his width of focus - taking in not just the immediate situation but its context too. That's rare, now that so much verse is self-preoccupied, concentrating on the personal at the expense of thinking and feeling outwards, and without bringi...