A review by gitli57
Dissolve by Sherwin Bitsui

adventurous challenging dark reflective

4.0

I read this poetry collection twice through, once out loud and cannot pretend to have grasped much of it. It seems well titled to me, though. The experience of reading it was not unlike seeing the dissolve between scenes in a film. Just the dissolve, out of context, without the clarity of either scene. It is anything but user friendly, but it is starkly beautiful. It reminded me of being in Bryce Canyon and seeing sunlight reflect off a creek onto a canyon wall. Bitsui's poetry is that fleeting and elusive. If you are up for a bit of a challenge, this is entirely worth the effort.