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A Farewell to Everything / Ein Strich durch alles
Ninety Nine-Line Poems
Ninety nine-line poems, comprising a farewell to everything . What can nine lines of poetry contain? A little, a lot. Moments, memories, notations, abridged stories. They can be left in limbo, odd as they are, three times three, no rhyme scheme fits, something frays. Even love – which appears time and again – is frayed in these verses, yet somehow maintains its specific weight. It holds precariously. More melody than meaning. And that’s a good thing. Well, for the poem, it is.
Ninety nine-line poems, comprising a farewell to everything . What can nine lines of poetry contain? A little, a lot. Moments, memories, notations, abridged stories. They can be left in limbo, odd as they are, three times three, no rhyme scheme fits, something frays. Even love – which appears time and again – is frayed in these verses, yet somehow maintains its specific weight. It holds precariously. More melody than meaning. And that’s a good thing. Well, for the poem, it is.
2001, 96 pages
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Love after Love
Love After Love contains eight longer poems, all of which revolve around lost loves – tender, bitter, delicate, harsh, bitter, lamenting, some written in the style of the Kaddish, others as...
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