Kind A SLOw In the Kootenays

Kind A SLOw In the Kootenays is a fun poetic anthology that focuses on a small town and its charms and issues. While this work clearly maintains Rickthepoetwarrior’s sharp wit and sarcasm, it is a softer and more friendly piece. The scenery of the town is depicted beautifully throughout the book as the reader gets to know more about the town and its residents and struggles. The poems contained within carefully craft the image of a small town that is a little too conformist and has the illusion of a typical progressive Canadian town, but fails to live up to its own expectations. Kaslow Kind A SLOW in the Kootenays is half criticism and half ironic traveler’s guide with its simultaneous recognition of the beauties of a Canadian small town such as the views, the ferry, and its friendly inhabitants and fun events. However, in the same breadth, as Rickthepoetwarrior is wont to do, he criticizes the hypocrisy and lack of real progress the town experiences through its treatment of First Nations people, racism, and the environment. As is the case with all of the author’s works it will both elicit laughs and sighs of frustration at the seeming lack of sense on the world. I highly recommend it.