Grain is a collection of poems by John Glenday, who has been critically acclaimed for his lyrical and emotional words of poetry. On his third outing, Glenday seeks to reach a broader audience by toning down on complex and hard to decrypt poetry. The collection is full of free-flowing poetry that is easily accessible and understood by a diverse range of poem fanatics. The collection reads like a beautifully alliterated musical piece that keeps getting better in full perpetual mode. Today, Glenday is considered a great pioneer of modern poetry.
Through his spiritual words of poetry, Glenday possesses the power to transform mundane things into the unknown as he searches for a higher purpose. He has a powerful voice that encapsulates the human race and its time on earth. The poems are engaging and immersive as the author aims to bring the reader into the experiences that inspired the collection. Considered as his masterpiece, Glenday took his time putting together this collection to ensure that each poem served the great purpose of working towards one singular goal, human integrity.
The collection’s short nature makes for a glance into the great imaginative words of Glenday. The words are perfectly chosen and placed with purpose. Nothing seems out of order as all the words in the collection are carefully assessed before placement. The collection is perfect, nothing is left out and nothing is added that shouldn’t exist.
Glenday unapologetically uses his local setting to make references that many readers from diverse cultures wouldn’t grasp. They however work perfectly as they showcase an honest depiction of his reality while still complementing his imaginations. Glenday’s ambitious ideas are not without controversial claims. As humans pursue their passion, they are inevitably stuck on a path of destruction as they attempt to do the impossible.
