Review for Christen Chorba

In "This is Manhattan" Christen explores the social realities of Manhattan. The first stanza shows the shiny side, the side that maybe only a tourist would see, the side that the city tries to project and the second stanza shows the reality of Manhattan. I like how Christen easily creates a scene with in the poem. I like this poem but I thought it could use a little more description, I wanted to know more about the models and actresses, but especially about the people who are exhausted and underpaid. What do they look like in comparison to the Models? What do they do while the models and actresses are driven around in their town cars? I think this would help create a bigger separation between the reality and the projection.In "A Diminishing Season" what struck me first was the revelation of the author at the end, which I like. The description in this poem was also very well done, it was easy to imagine the snow and the parking lots, but I also feel just a little more description is needed only because some people never see snow so they don’t really have a point of reference.