In this volume, like in his third collection, Extinction, Geza Tatrallyay focuses on how man-made climate change and pollution are destroying the natural world and bringing many species of life, including ours, to the brink of extinction. The poems pay tribute to the beauty of the world, the life it nurtures and indeed, some of the creations of man, while at the same time, they lament the fact that our way of life is endangering all this richness. Tatrallyay works with the music and the meaning of words to get his powerful message across and call us to action. The poems reveal an impressive brevity of style and resonate with glittering charm and lyrical intensity that should appeal to all readers. |