The Language of Rain by Jules Leigh Koch

The Language of Rain by Jules Leigh Koch Rob Scott of Bookends Books and Music, 2008 First edition Black and white photographs ISBN 9781876725006 Paperback Condition: Very Good a little edge and shelf wear with a little rubbing and bumping to corners and covers, a little curling at top corner (see photographs) “Similes and metaphors or striking originality are embedded in all Jules Leigh Koch’s poetry. Even so, his third collection is much more than imagism. Wry, ironic and savage portraits alternate with numbing grief. Disabled children are described and analysed without a trace of sentimentality. Relationships from fleeting glances to bitter parting are dramatized in scenes and narratives. The last displayed in city and seascapes as if it were a cosmic lightshow. Koch’s fascination with rain is a kind of prayer for the end of both drought and global warming.”