Great Regulars: Ingenious repetition is what shapes

Gjertrud Schnackenberg's Heavenly Questions, an intensely moving elegy in six parts.

The first and fourth poems, for instance, are lullabies, though not songs for one newly born, but rather for one about to die. "Archimedes Lullaby," the first, begins:

from Frank Wilson: The Philadelphia Inquirer: 'Heavenly Questions': Lullabies for the dying

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These are people who are so sure that what they think is true that they don't even bother arguing their position or supporting it with evidence. With them it's ex cathedra all the way. As for those who might think otherwise, well, they're either intellectually dishonest or just plain stupid. Either way, they are hardly deserving of any respect, or even civility.

from Frank Wilson: When Falls the Coliseum: That's What He Said: Blessed are they that remain uncertain

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