This collection of poems is fresh, surprising, and brief. Each piece captures vivid scenes and images, often in just a handful of lines. Many give you a glimpse into an entire social world full of relationships between strange yet familiar characters and their conflicts of desire (e.g., "Jorge's trunk/was full of knockoffs/Colognes and perfumes/we could sell").

At their best, these poems are also very funny, with the last lines functioning like a punchline to rueful joke on the way we live, as in the mid-collection gem "Magic Grow": "Into spit cups/the maid of honor/dropped capsules,/which grew into/respectable/cock-and-balls/by the end of the wine tasting."

I look forward to more of these authors' unique vision and voices.

Grass Animals is not your typical poetry book. Although it may seem questionable to analyse the emotions and composition of the poetry, it's intriguing to read the book word for word in order to gain a deeper understanding of the unique viewpoint and significance of each word.

This book is not for readers looking for a motivational poetry book; instead, it is meant for those who want to explore the deference kind of poetry, consider every word they read, and explore the adventures found within each page. About the elements of the book, they use literary fiction, general fiction, and poetry. I never expected about that kind of book outcome.

This book will set you free because, like a puzzle, it has every possibility you could possibly think of.

I give this collection of poems 2.5 stars. It is very short and the poems are also short. Honestly, some of the poems I just simply did not understand BUT some poems actually had me laughing out loud. It appears this is the first book under these authors names. I couldn't find information on Kevin Leal (I didn't dig TOO deep). According to Brian Koppen's Instagram, he has interviewed over 300 comics, has a podcast and produces comedy shorts. As of writing this review, I was unable to find anywhere that had a description of this book.

Overall, this was an enjoyable, though extremely short, read but it has left me wondering what the purpose of this book was. In my opinion this book needs to have a foreward, or something of the like, that tells the reader a little bit about what they are going to read and maybe even why.

I'm curious to see the finished product. Will there be a note in the beginning of the book? Will there be artwork included? What will the cover look like?

Thanks to Netgalley, the publisher and authors for the opportunity to read and review this ARC!