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dilan11's review
2.0
"Very abstract poems - lots of references that are unknown to me. These poems definitely require multiple readings. Many of them seem to deal with 9/11 although in a very abstract way. The one that deals with the attack more directly ""Why Not Say What Happens?"" doesn't really work for me.
Several of the poems (ex. ""Woodward Avenue"") work with the accretion of seemingly disparate images that build up into something more. Much of the time I don't get it though, which may be due to my inadequate education as well as my lack of patience. He reminds me of Mark Strand, with whose work I also struggle.
Perhaps my favorite poem is ""Metamorphoses (After Ovid)"". At the end it seems to be about writing poetry and whether there is any value to such a practice. And he does call it a practice."
Several of the poems (ex. ""Woodward Avenue"") work with the accretion of seemingly disparate images that build up into something more. Much of the time I don't get it though, which may be due to my inadequate education as well as my lack of patience. He reminds me of Mark Strand, with whose work I also struggle.
Perhaps my favorite poem is ""Metamorphoses (After Ovid)"". At the end it seems to be about writing poetry and whether there is any value to such a practice. And he does call it a practice."
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