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sloatsj's review against another edition
5.0
It’s no exaggeration to say the Field Translation series is a gift to mankind, and "Homage to the Lame Wolf" is its pinnacle. These short poems are playful and dark. They have allure and power; they offer surprise and surreal pleasure. My favorites are the Little Box poems, childlike and vaginal, as well as “Proud Error,” “Seducer,” and the Give Me Back My Rags series, which has one of the best lines ever – “the trash of my belly laughs.” Popa plays with folklore and tales, and as they constrict around their small worlds, the poems slyly expand and swallow you up. I’m sorry you cannot marry this book because I have already done so in several different ceremonies: the secret licking and bookplating ceremony, perched on pew in the Catholic Church, on a plane with the pilot officiating, by laughing deep into its pages, and under the chuppa with the glass shards stuck in my foot.
petrichorandcoffee's review against another edition
4.0
Popa does a beautiful job of creating potent images throughout the collection, many of which are compellingly Surrealist and many of which feel very intimate and personal to Popa and his heritage. While some of the pieces were a little too abstract for my taste, overall the work is interesting, original, and enjoyable.
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