Title: Disappointing
Product review: The author of this slim volume is a London-born poet who spent a significant period of time in India studying Buddhism before returning to England to found a Buddhist center. He retains a Western poetic bent -Allen Ginsberg, John Donne, Virginia Woolf, Philip Larking are all present by allusion or dedication.His poetry covers a wide range of implied beliefs - the title poem is highly environmental, "The Pilgrim" a reflection on Tannhauser, "Mother Goose Revisited" a reflection on childhood and sexual roles ... The depth I expected from the author's long practice of Buddhism is absent. Rather the book presents an erratic collection that is likely appreciated by those who know the man behind the poems - but which do not stand on their own.
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