The great poet Henry Taylor must have been in a cranky mood when he compiled this collection of 100 poems that span his 50-year career. Taylor chose not to follow the convention of inviting a respected peer to write an introduction; he selected a cover that makes it look like there is a more inviting cover underneath it (there isn’t), and his book’s title comes from the last lines from a poem that says that spheres and vast diagrams crowd his mind. Perhaps he wants to tell us that there are no simple answers or explanations; mystery prevails – and it’s tilted.
Taylor, Henry. “Not Quite Lost in Space.” This Tilted World Is Where I Live. Louisiana State University Press, 2020, p. 32.