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A Fixed, Formal Arrangement (Trenchart: Tracer Series)

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People seldom care to think much these days. They lightly ponder, muse, or meditate, purging the mind of unnecessary thought, but they just don't care to think. Allison Carter dug down into the deep recesses of her mind to create titillating dreamlike prose in her first book, A Fixed Formal Arrangement.

Akin to the pluot, Carter mixes her free verse prose to create her unique brand of poetry, at times revealing her innermost emotions. Danielle Dutton, in the introduction, claims it "is a book that wants to be talked to," yet it talks right back.


"Russets and a deeply throbbing sun, thrushes and grass.The wind swept through the cherry trees and loosened the blossoms. The blossoms spent hours winding slowly toward the sidewalk. Dusk set with a cricket. Outside an evening bird made noises."

In between the words and the weeds, I found Allison to be a very talented writer. Her work was reminiscent of the free floating verse I remember well from the sixties and seventies. This is the type of book one could spend an hour or two or months trying to find its meaning as it spins from one thought to another, barely connected by a thread, yet seamlessly woven together. Kudos!

Deb Fowler (Roundtable Reviews)