Note: I'm reading a (short) stack of collections by four contemporary Kansas poets. This is #1 of 4.
I don’t read a lot of poetry and I definitely don't have any training in form (or lack thereof) so I came at these with an attitude of “I don’t know what’s considered ‘good’ but I know what I like.”

I really liked this collection. The poems center on family and daily life, modern without being modernistic. The writing is clear and evocative without seeming “crafted" or overly lyrical, and it flows smoothly and clearly. Many of the poems made me think of things in my own life -- similar or opposite. And I copied lines from a few of them because I liked the way the words went together or the image they evoked.