Review by Phil Thornton
This collection of American poet, John Kay’s work begins with a quote from Camus’ s ‘Myth of Sisyphus’;
“The worm is in man’s heart”
An apt start for a collection of poems pre-occupied with the author’s own heart related health issues. Like many American poets, Kay gets straight to the er, heart of the issue, forsaking the structural showboating and vainglorious stylizations of many European writers in a bid to connect via emotion. Not that Kay doesn’t have a style, but that style serves the poem and not the author.