In contemporary poetry, Alice Oswald's work is unique; it is a plea for the dimension of listening, an attentive ear to the subtle sound differences, and a return to a poetry whose vibrant colors she rediscovers for us: Homer stands once again on the horizon. Alice Oswald's poems emerge from the voice. Like Homer's epics, they are spoken events. During her readings, she presents her poetry standing and from memory. Her muses are the eye and memory. And yet, it is a poetry of great arcs: In "Memorial," she commemorates the foot soldiers who fall in Homer—not the heroes, but the victims caught in the seams of history. In another piece, she transforms the awakening of light into an epic, carrying with her Homer’s similes: "46 Minutes in the Life of Dawn." "Incredibly successful... Unforgettable." Teju Cole "Each.