When we get to the last third, the poems get really special. The beginning two thirds of the poems are solid poems, and one of my favorites, Garlic Mustard, falls in that chunk, but each poem builds on the last. The collection is also really well put together. They're done in a traditional field guide style, and combined with the style of some of the poetry, it really gives off the field guide vibes inspired by the title and cover. There are also illustrations, one for each poem, and they match really well. The poems do a good job of showing the general sense of dread, as ice becomes rare to see, turtles grow fur, and the planet is irrevocably changed in a short time. Said invasive species have been mutated via pollution and climate change, adding eye stalks to carp amongst other things. Netgalley and the publisher, Interstellar Flight Press provided a copy of this collection.įield Guide to Invasive Species of Minnesota is a near-future poetry collection, set roughly 20 years from now in a world where our climate has gotten worse and the invasive species currently living in Minnesota have also gotten worse.
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