Con/verse/sations with Myself

Mike Orlock's fourth book of poetry is as infectious as his three previous books. irreverent, funny, clever, crazy, even political, his offerings can also suddenly be so deep and poetic and affecting that readers scramble to understand how what has just happened in the lines of a poem has happened. As Thomas Davis wrote in a review of Orlock's poetry that appeared in print in 2019, when "Orlock gets into a string of words, he flips them around, watches them twist the air, and then...
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Mike Orlock's fourth book of poetry is as infectious as his three previous books. irreverent, funny, clever, crazy, even political, his offerings can also suddenly be so deep and poetic and affecting that readers scramble to understand how what has just happened in the lines of a poem has happened. As Thomas Davis wrote in a review of Orlock's poetry that appeared in print in 2019, when "Orlock gets into a string of words, he flips them around, watches them twist the air, and then slings a period into an idea that somehow is not quite expected." His poetry "glints with the verve of sunshine catching ripples making early morning bay waters alive." "Conversations with Myself" starts with "A Legal Disclaimer" wherein the poet does not "assume any responsibility/for the detrimental effects my words/or craft may have upon your metaphysics," and then continues with "Gun Gab & Trump Talk," "Confabulations in COVID Confinement," "Rummaging Through a Rack of Ruminations," " Miscellany of Family Matters," and "Endings." For those who do not like poetry, God help you if you pick up this book and read it. You're going to like it anyway. For those deep into the poetry world, hold on and don't feel like you ought to be serious as you read what poetry ought to be in the 21st century.