Two books of poems, poems written one by one, not necessarily one after the other, as occasion has demanded, which are then gathered together: this sadly anachronistic procedure, which requires that the poet write in nothing but good faith, is what gives Mirror World and its predecessor, The Little Enemy, their variedness, particularity and assuredness. Craft is tested against attended experience, time after time; should an occasion inspire sufficient motivation to write a poem, then Reid, if he has time, takes pains to write one. [Read more…]