Edgy, brazen, and funny at first glance, on a closer look Bob Hicok's poems reveal themselves to be soulful, reflective, and provocative. Thoughtful meditations build into moments of epiphany as Hicok displays a fluid ability to shift moods, a rich visual palette, and an idiosyncratic use of language. The poems in Insomnia Diary are populated by the denizens of the world of getting-by, who waver between loneliness and connection as they confront the realities of humanity from the battlefield to the bathroom mirror.
