Tom Thompson, Live Feed (2001)

Tom Thompson's poems are startling in their use of economy. They move quickly to the heart of matters the mind can indicate but only the spirit seize. In their various voices, anxious verbal gesturings, swift turns—in their understanding of the action of spirit as it swerves and gives body to a poem—they are enormously mature. In fact, a sense of readiness, great poise, and tightly-wound-up power govern this book from start to finish. It is original, as well as distinctly of its time. The voice is haunting, its probing necessary, its arrivals sturdy, passionate and true.