For a poet, Art Garfunkel sure has a great singing voice. Not one of the pieces in this collection would ever have been worthy of publication if it wasn't for him being famous. The book peaks very early - the second poem in the collection is far and away the best and most engaging. The rest of the volume contains eighty two other generously self-identified 'prose poems.' A less generous reader might refer to them instead, and more accurately, as disjointed and unedited ramblings. It also includes several sections of 'interviews' where an unidentified and uncredited 'interviewer' asks Art Garfunkel questions about music, poetry, art, and America. By the end of the book, it was abundantly clear that Art Garfunkel at this time was so in love with himself that he might very well have been playing the role of both interviewer and celebrity for those sections - just to see what he might say next. Perhaps that suspicion is unkind, but it exists nonetheless. 
 If you are a die hard fan of Art Garfunkel, this book may yet have something for you. It may give you the feeling of having picked up the discarded junior high math notebook of someone who scribbled a lot of non-math related thoughts in the margin. Anyone else, I suggest you let Still Water remain undisturbed.