John O'Loughlin's only collection of prose poems originally dating from 1984–5 and partly inspiried by Baudelaire's utilization of this genre, 'Evolution', continues, in slightly more expansive vein, to focus much of its attention on the social transcendentalist theories first introduced into his poetry with 'Spiritual Intimations' (1983), and attempts to bring an almost philosophic degree of metaphysics, including subatomic theories, to bear on what is essentially the brainchild of poetic inspiration. In that respect, the author has achieved a workable marriage between poetry and philosophy that smacks of progressive rock and/or what could be called regressive electronica, depending on the degree of poetry to philosophy or vice versa, a tendency which is by no means unique to this project but somehow characteristic of much of his writing. The cover would appear to complement, sub-atomically, the underlying metaphysical currents of 'Evolution'.
