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Reviewed by Rich Follett for Readers' Favorite
In Reflections: Home and Abroad, Gary E. Miller plays with words the way a shaman casts bones, looking for meaning in the patterns they make as they fall. The result is a fascinating, telegraphic series of images revealed in much the same way that lightning reveals a scene as it flashes through Venetian blinds - the image is never there long enough for the eye to fully make sense of what it sees, but we find ourselves entranced and waiting for the next flash to see what will be revealed, to see if more meaning will come.
Gary E. Miller’s use of language in Reflections: Home and Abroad is inventive and remarkably playful. As with most poetry, the playfulness of the language is greatly enhanced if one reads the work aloud. Reflections: Home and Abroad is a veritable festival of internal rhyme, alliteration, and assonance. To the eye, these poems resemble grocery lists; to the ear, they are invitations to worlds apart. Miller crafts a poem as if it is a telegram, as if each word costs a great deal of money, and as if time is of the essence in communication his vision. The resulting patter is riveting, urgent, and oddly relaxing - something akin to a poetic rolfing session. We are buffeted by the speed with which his images appear, challenged to grab what we can as they fly by, and are gloriously relaxed and satisfied when all is done.
Gary E. Miller’s Reflections: Home and Abroad is a quicksilver reading experience perfect for those who love language and the myriad ways that carefully chosen words and syllables can delight the ear.
