Despite the seeming simplicity of its title, TREES is anything but simple, since arguably the deepest and most politically radical of all John O'Loughlin's volumes of poetry, extending beyond as well as summing up earlier themes with an ideological conviction that points towards a whole new approach to culture and, hence, civilization.
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By John O'Loughlin
Dec 9, 2010
"TREES" Arguably John O'Loughlin's finest collection of free verse, TREES is not for the faint-hearted, and certainly will not assist in the development or cultivation of nature-worship, since its view of plants, and trees in particular, is not such as to lend any encouragement, over and above pragmatic concerns, to those who regard trees in a non-political light.