A Child of Storm Simon Hanselmann Poppies of Iraq becomes a

Poppies of Iraq becomes a work of near-perfection

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and this irresistible graphic novel turns every mundane moment into an adventure

A Child of Storm Simon Hanselmann Poppies of Iraq becomes aBy Michael J. Wilson. Published by Stalking Horse Press. Softcover, 89 pages, poetry, 2016. Like Whitman listening to Kraftwerk, Michael J. Wilsons A Child of Storm fuses the incandescent pulse of the forest with vivid projections of the life of Nikola Tesla. These currents turn together, a luminous aurora of sap, electricity, biography, and ecology in this profound collection of poems. Filaments of pine, electric chairs, fruit, and Faraday cages, A