Poetry Read-Along

Review: The Cosmopolitan by Donna Stonecipher

12.06.2009 Poetry Reviews

The Cosmopolitan by Donna Stonecipher My rating: 3 of 5 stars Maybe I should have liked this more. It was tight for sure. Tight and cool and it broke when it needed to break and it got wispy and floated and then it tightened up again and delivered. Delivery is big here. Maybe I’m not [...]

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Review: Little Ease by Aaron McCollough

11.28.2009 Poetry Reviews

Little Ease by Aaron McCollough My rating: 5 of 5 stars I loved this book this morning. It was cold and I loved hearing myself reading it to myself which is a little engine I created, which fits with the writing and the idea of stricture. I loved how far apart, how long, how missing. [...]

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Review: Incivilities by Barbara Claire Freeman

11.27.2009 Poetry Reviews

Incivilities by Barbara Claire Freeman My rating: 4 of 5 stars You know you’re a badass when Judith Butler does your blurb. I swung between liking and kinda liking this. A few times I smirked because it did some twirling and ta-da’s. Sometimes the lines were like pick-up sticks–a rigid little nest — and I [...]

Tagged as: Barbara Claire Freeman, Counterpath Press, Poetry Read-Along, Poetry Reviews

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Review: The Men: A Lyric Book by Lisa Robertson

04.26.2009 Poetry Reviews
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The Men: A Lyric Book by Lisa Robertson My rating: 5 of 5 stars I re-read this yesterday and levitated. This is one of my favorites from Robertson. (The Weather is also great.)  Roberton’s lyricism always makes me feel calm and her thinking is delicate and sticky (Yay!)  Every time I re-read (or re-listen); I’m [...]

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Review: The Sonnets by Ted Berrigan

03.05.2009 Poetry Reviews

The Sonnets by Ted Berrigan My rating: 4 of 5 stars I’ve forgotten that I read this last year, until I stumbled upon it in my iTunes. It’s better coming back to it. What at first struck me as crafty now seems more natural in the approach of the sonnets. Hear Me Reading The Sonnets (Badly) [...]

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