Review: Pa-Cee-If-I-Cee and The Sarah Spectrum

The title of this poem, Pa-Cee-If-I-See, sounds like a nursery rhyme and caught my attention right away. The poem itself seems like a journey, a journey of self discovery and that ends with the realization of something that was previously unknown. The tone of the poem, to me, seems calm, quiet and with a bit of awe. There are some really nice images in here: "Tinsel strewn blue cellophane, oxidized copper embellished with reds." I love the lines, "It took me a long time to sea beyond the sea" and "... it gave me a feeling that no one else could see-How all along it's been connected as vast as the sea."
The Sarah Spectrum continues the themes of color, journey and the concrete jungle of the city, the topic of her poem Homeward Bound. Of the thirty lines in this poem, 26 contain references to color and the use of color unifies the imagery in the The Sarah Spectrum. I was intrigued by the line,"The hazel stare fades to black, now uniform with his last resting place. And the green grass grows all around, all around. Th use of the phrases fades to black , final resting place and the word uniform makes me think of a soldiers death. In a war far away? In a concrete jungle? Also the "tanned boxes" feed this image of death as well. The tone of the poem changes abruptly, becoming lighter, in the fifth verse.It is another aspect of the Sarah Spectrum? I like the line, "That red guiter walked away with my heart." Maybe the last part of the last line ,"...has made me, well, me"could be reworked.