Argh! It looks like the copy paste function on my machine did a number
on the Corman review--originally published in the mag. pf the American
Haiku Soc. several years back--but I think enough of it comes through to
give a gist of what I found to be the strengths and the weaknesses of
the book. The poems that floored me were the blunt statements of belief
and how to believe, and they were all too many in Nothing Doing. The
poems I liked were examples of what Cid can do best. The former is Cid
in the "I am seeking disciples" mode, the latter is the Cid I liked
best, and that was Cid the fine poet.
Anna, and everybody--the best selection of Cid's work is his OF, vols. 1
and 2, which you buy from Bob Arnold's Longhouse or on E-Bay from time
to time.
Jess
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