Wet Dream, Erin robinsong

Brick, 2023

Brimming with lush and vibrant imagery, Erin Robinsong’s Wet Dream floods the reader’s senses and encourages them to sink into its stream of thought. It’s dense in the best sense of the word, as the speaker parses what it means to be a person on a dying planet. Through its entirety beats a steady pulse of hope though, just as through water we remain one being—all pieces of a vast ecosystem. Robinsong’s words are, in equal measure, a balm to the soul and a call to action, and the collection is a must-read for all poetry lovers.

—Erin Brenneman, Stratford