Earth, Dirt & Dust

Certainly there are more than seven dimensions to the human as JJ Garrett fi nds fi t to defi ne him and her in this extensive selectionof seven chapbooks of poem. If so, we do not worry of them as weread with awe and surprise the reach of this poets perception: raw,real, poignant, and tender. If any one modern poet has writtenwith the breadth by which Garrett addresses the human condition,then the term modern must be ranked with the 20th century greatsof Pound, Eliot . . . or perhaps, dare we allude to the phantomnymph of curt, sprite, and dicey intellect: Emily Dickinson. Earth, Dirt And Dust - a major anthology of the reclusive poetsworks - commands the attention of both the common working souland the pretentiously bored intellect, to whom Garrett extends asimultaneous reach.