Books by Mark Strand
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English
review 1: Only one poem in this collection that I really enjoyed, Poem of the Spanish Poet. Although I have enjoyed prose poems in the past, these really don't seem to go anywhere. At least for me. I'm disappointed because Strand is a poet I like. A friend of mine from Wisconsin, Jack Lehm...
language
English
review 1: Reminiscent, for me, of Edson and some Tate. A few, like “Provisional Eternity” feel more like aphorisms than prose poems. Some of my favorite moments:“The silent snow of thought melts before it has a chance to stick.”“A rough sound was polished until it became a smoother sound, ...