of new truths, but also science's unpoetic skepticism about lies carefully constructed to resemble truths (as with the wildlife program in "Meeting the Lemming", which is ruthlessly dismembered in a few stanzas of savage description). [Ruth] Padel's tensile lines, leaps of thought, and mastery of her craft make these poems, taken from her recent book The Mara Crossing, not just readable but endlessly re-readable--and always somehow new even when well-known.Meeting the Lemming
from The Caravan: Poetry: Three Poems: Meeting The Lemming, Garlands, The Removal Men
~~~~~~~~~~~
No comments :
Post a Comment