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Review Of Stephen B. Wiley's First Book Of Poetry: HERO ISLAND

P o e t S t e p h e n B . W i l e y s f i r s t b o o k o f p o e t r y , H e r o I s l a n d , r e f l e c t s t e n d e r s n a p s h o t s a n d r e m i n i s c e n t o v e r v i e w s o f v a r i o u s s t a g e s o f h i s l i f e a s a y o u n g s t e r w o r k i n g o n a f a r m i n N e w J e r s e y , s u m m e r v a c a t i o n s s p e n t w i t h h i s f a m i l y i n N o r t h e r n V e r m o n t , a n d h i s p o s i t i v e s t a n c e o n l i f e . H i s e l e g a n t c o m m a n d o f l a n g u a g e m a g i c a l l y e x p l o r e s a n d b r i n g s t o l i f e s u c h v a r i e d t o p i c s a s t h e s h o v e l w e a r e r e l u c t a n t t o p a r t w i t h , c i t y l i v i n g , o p e n i n g u p o f t h e s u m m e r c o t t a g e , s h u c k i n g c o r n , A l b e r t E i n s t e i n a n d w o r l d f e d e r a t i o n , a n d t h e m o r e w e i g h t y e x p e r i e n c e a s t h e d e a t h o f a l o v e d o n e . A l l a r e c o m p o s e d w i t h a g r e a t d e a l o f i n t r o s p e c t i o n a n d w i t h a s i n c e r e p a l e t t e o f w o r d s t h a t a r e e a s i l y a c c e s s i b l e t o e v e n t h e i n e x p e r i e n c e d p o e t r y r e a d e r . P a r t i c u l a r l y t o u c h i n g a n d o n e t h a t s t r u c k h o m e i s G o i n g , w h e r e W i l e y p o r t r a y s t h e p a s s i n g a w a y o f h i s n i n e t y - f o u r y e a r o l d f a t h e r - s o m e t h i n g I p e r s o n a l l y j u s t r e c e n t l y e x p e r i e n c e d w i t h t h e p a s s i n g a w a y o f m y f a t h e r - i n - l a w . T h e e n d i n g o f t h e p o e m s u n a d o r n e d s p o k e n l a n g u a g e p o i g n a n t l y d e s c r i b e s h i s i n n e r f e e l i n g s : I k n e w f a t h e r w o u l d n t d i e I b e n t o v e r h i s b e d t h o u g h a n d w e e m b r a c e d w i t h a k i s s a s h e w a s g o i n g . A b o v e a l l , W i l e y s s t r e n g t h l i e s i n t h a t h i s p o e m s a r e c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y a s e n s e o f w o n d e r a n d n o s t a l g i a w i t h w h i c h h e i m b u e s h i s r e f l e c t i o n s , t h a t i s n e i t h e r s a d n o r f r u s t r a t e d , a s i s o f t e n t h e c a s e w i t h s o m a n y p o e t s . M o r e o v e r , d e s c r i p t i o n s a r e e f f o r t l e s s a n d f r e s h , r e v e r b e r a t i n g w i t h v i t a l i t y , a s e x e m p l i f i e d i n t h e f i r s t t w o s t a n z a s o f h i s p o e m T o M y H a n d s : Y e s , y e s I d o a d m i r e y o u r s o l o w o r k h o w y o u t h r o w a b a l l w r i t e y o u r n a m e t i p y o u h a t A n d I m p r o u d t h a t t h i n g s a r e n a m e d f o r y o u g i v i n g a h e l p i n g h a n d h a n d i n g d o w n y o u r o u t g r o w n c l o t h e s e v e n h a n d i n g o v e r s o m e t h i n g y o u s h o u l d n t h a v e Q u i t e n o t e w o r t h y i s W i l e y s r e m a r k a b l e s k i l l w i t h l a n g u a g e , p e r h a p s a t t r i b u t a b l e t o h i s l e g a l t r a i n i n g . W h e n I i n t e r v i e w e d h i m a n d a s k e d h i m h o w h a d t h i s a f f e c t e d h i s p o e t r y w r i t i n g , h i s s u c c i n c t r e p l y w a s w o r d s a r e t h e s u b j e c t m a t t e r o f l a w s p o k e n w o r d s a n d w r i t t e n w o r d s a n d p r e c i s i o n o f l a n g u a g e i s m o s t i m p o r t a n t . P o e t r y d r a w s o n t h e s a m e s t r e n g t h s . T h a t j u s t a b o u t s u m s u p t h e p o e t i c s t y l e o f S t e p h e n B . W i l e y . A l t h o u g h , I m u s t a d m i t t h a t I i n i t i a l l y o p e n e d W i l e y s b o o k o f p o e m s w i t h s o m e t r e p i d a t i o n , m y o n l y g r u m b l e , w h e n r e a c h i n g t h e l a s t p o e m , w a s t h a t I d i d n o t h a v e e n o u g h o f i t . I t i s m y h o p e t h a t H e r o I s l a n d o n l y m a r k s t h e i n a u g u r a t i o n o f a l o n g a n d c r e a t i v e c a r e e r .

Author: Norm Goldman

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