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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites
This is a brilliant book, with incredible depth and beauty. I reread it every few months, and it never fails to reveal something new and wonderful to me. The collection is smart, sad, playful, and quiet. I highly recommend it.
Published on June 18, 2009 by treysea

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9 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre American Poetry
Some pretty lines, but the fog never clears to reveal any depth, meaning, or technical proficiency.
Published on June 22, 2004


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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, June 18, 2009
This review is from: The Cuckoo (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (Paperback)
This is a brilliant book, with incredible depth and beauty. I reread it every few months, and it never fails to reveal something new and wonderful to me. The collection is smart, sad, playful, and quiet. I highly recommend it.
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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Allusive, great poetry, August 14, 2004
This review is from: The Cuckoo (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (Paperback)
There's something exciting and difficult to put one's finger on in here -- allusive. It's poetry of imagery and fluidity. Its not poetry of moral instruction, self-expression, or the technical view -- poetry as literary exercise -- though it embraces all of those elements. What makes it a great book is its exploration of a such an original world -- but as all great poets and poetry, still sounds as familiar as the wind.
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5 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a terrific new book, May 4, 2004
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This review is from: The Cuckoo (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (Paperback)
Streckfus' first book is a marvel: a poetry collection that evidences new life for the narrative poem, for the incorporation of fairy tale, myth and history in mysterious and moving ways.
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9 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre American Poetry, June 22, 2004
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This review is from: The Cuckoo (Yale Series of Younger Poets) (Paperback)
Some pretty lines, but the fog never clears to reveal any depth, meaning, or technical proficiency.
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The Cuckoo (Yale Series of Younger Poets)
The Cuckoo (Yale Series of Younger Poets) by Peter Streckfus (Paperback - March 11, 2004)
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