Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Great Regulars: The poem builds or acts out with

language what is barely noticed or taken for granted in life. In Steve Orlen's "Family Cups," the idea of something being full or empty becomes literal as well as emotional. Here, the objects that contain a family's history are actual containers.

Family Cups

from Robert Pinsky: The Washington Post: Poet's Choice

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