There is a broad range of poems in Philip Schultz’s The God of Loneliness. These are selections from various works, as
well as some poems printed in journals.
Schultz’s very best poems have an emotional immediacy. He is not a poet to run around with words,
flaunting his ability. Rather, he uses
words simply to tell a story with an emotional punch. This
element does not come out as strongly here as it does in his full collections, such
as the Pulitzer Prize winning Failure. In that collection, we can see how he allows
several plot elements to intertwine, interact, and then separate, only to come
back later, from a different angle, with renewed vigor.
Still, The God
of Loneliness is an excellent way to survey Schultz’s poems, and to get a
glimpse of his considerable gifts.
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