Skywriting and Other Poems.(Book Review) From: Poetry | Date: June 1, 2004| Author: | COPYRIGHT 2004 Modern Poetry Association. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Skywriting and Other Poems, by Charles Tomlinson. Ivan R. Dee. $18.95.

Poetry needs metaphor, which is the rhyming of concepts, more than it needs rhyme, which is the analogy of sound. The poems of Charles Tomlinson fall pleasantly enough on the ear, but their disregard for metaphor, their preference for straight and elaborately detailed description, almost deprives them of revelation. Tomlinson's meanings must often be extracted from relentless descriptions that exhaust the mind's ability to imagine objects in space, as in this passage from "In the Hallway":

 
   What I ...

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