Making a Kingdom of It

<p>In his sixth poetry collection Lance Larsen reminds us we are all travelers bedraggled and tired but curious. Whether by train or on foot whether exploring London or a suburban backyard or a childhood memory involving cuckoo clocks the poet revels not in ticking off a successful arrival but in the jostlings of the journey. As Elizabeth Bishop once said: Homemade homemade but aren't we all? These poems are refreshingly improvisational: lyrical but plain spoken always in search of what will suffice. As a collection they might be thought of as a personal Wunderkammer a metaphoric cabinet in which to gather the wonders that make up the funky holiness of everyday life. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>