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4.0 out of 5 stars
New and Daring, AND Traditional and Precise.,
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This review is from: The Dreamhouse (Phoenix Poets) (Hardcover)
Tom Sleigh's poetry is shocking and inventive, yet traditional in form. It seems almost a direct challenge to the kitschy "innovations" that some other poets find to be clever. One must read these poems by the line if not by the word: we are dealing with a highly sophisticated craftsman. At the same time, I find that the territory Sleigh incorpoates and makes poetry out of is not "poetical" -- depictions of "the street", direct explorations of the darkest and most terrifying human actions and emotions-- without suggesting easy resolution or reconciliaion. These poems allow us to meditate upon an intensely-felt and glimpsed life-- it is nearly a training program for cultivation of the finer senses-- minus sentimentality and jouissance. Real Bonus: spectral, astrological, sparkling love poems that concurrently have a focus on precise objects and emotions. This book is also a real pleasure for folks who know their Greek mythology.
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The Dreamhouse (Phoenix Poets) by Tom Sleigh (Paperback - November 10, 1999)
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