Music Across Water

Robert Bense is interested in sound, sound as words, words as music, music as meaning. And meaning as truth revealing itself in the daily rather than the apocalyptic. There is a contending theme that the apparent is not always true, a matter often illumined by the light of night. And something easy to miss in the understated ceremony of this verse and time’s routine of the ordinary. This is a very strong collection of poetry and Music across Water contains some of Bense’s finest work.