Water Look Away

A few poems from my favorite poetry collection of 2023

Dear Friends,

I was lucky enough to read this book when it was still a manuscript and now I can hold it in the palm of my hands. This above picture was taken in the Toronto Public Library. I love this little book for all that it says about love and grief (in context of trauma and suicide). I love that Bob embraced bleakness in its entirety in this one. And I love that this book is structured like a novel. If there’s one book that I recommend from last year, it’s this one. Why, you might ask. See for yourself in these poems below.

May your heart be a lantern,

Karan

Buy Bob Hicok’s Water Look Away here!