The Rain Stands Tall

What sort of poems will you find in 'The Rain Stands Tall' by the author of 'The Warp', Neil Oram?Well, covering a period of over fifty years they seem to occupy their own created space. This seems central to Oram's poetics. If it doesn't evoke freshness then pass on (Yes To The Fresh was the title of Oram's last book of poems).How the feeling and knowledge of Yes-ness responds to the sad world of hidden and overt negativity is a major theme to these poems selected by the author. And to the...