City Eclogue Review

In the first section City Eclogue called City Eclogue held many poems that created vision or represented the culture of a city with negative outlooks. Some of the common words used in many of the poems were mirror, face, window, city, and eye. This leads me to find that many of them were descriptive poems describing a scene. A few poems I found interesting was on page 16 and 18. The poem "Words for It", in the first paragraph has a beautiful example of imagery. At the end of the poem has an interesting spacing between phrases. There is a more dramatic concentration on the first words. Going down one of the sides is a mini poem makes sense on there own. One of my favorite poems was a metaphor between humans and squirrels called "Sequoia sempervirens". Beyond a constant metaphor to me the spacing is very odd and leaves me to think I'm not sure what is trying to be done here.
In the following section Beauty's Standing the title doesn't seem to fit many of the poems who's main constant is describing divisions of blacks and white and violence. Commonly used words are water, feet, garbage, and job. This gives a feel of a more personal approach to what they are describing. Intriguing poems in this section where on page 43. Unnamed poem on 43 follows a pattern at first. The end of every 1 & 2 line match the ending, and then 3& 4 match. On the third section the lines go every other where the endings match. The last section is a complete change in style exposing a discrimination to African Americans.