A Million in Prizes.

A Million in Prizes

Justin Marks

Western Michigan University

1903 W. Michigan Ave., Kalamazoo, MI 49008

9781930974814, $15.00, www.wmich.edu

There is much to chuckle at within one's own consciousness. "A Million in Prizes" is a collection from award winning poet Justin Marks, offering his own brand of philosophy through entertaining verse and writing. A solid compilation, "A Million in Prizes" is a treasure for any poetry fan. "Mantra": Terrycloth sun setting over/the old steel-wool river//The air a translucent sphere of frayed twine/the truth can be so lame//shifting forms/unchanging my hands//know what they're doing.