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Inverted Fire

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Alice Friman's newest collection brims with the spherical energy she invokes by the titles with which she chooses to divide her text: Libra, The Moon, Black Hole and Red Shift. Skilled at writing both long and short poems, here she maintains an amazing lyrical balance throughout each section while sometimes using intriguing forms which spring unselfconsciously from the content of the poems themselves. By turns sensual, surprising, arresting and often funny, these poems take us on journeys illuminated by myth, exacting memory, and the close observation of someone attuned to every small nuance of living.

From the starry sky over Greece, to plane travels, to the moon, to a shirt hanging on the door, Alice Friman covers it all. The language so rich, the imagery so sharp, the reader cannot help but to slide completely into each poem, making the poet's experience his or her own. I promise you will never look at seemingly simple objects in quite the same way! Reading "Inverted Fire" is like a trip to the art museum - after viewing each great piece, you must stand back and let it all soak in. A true pleasure. A must read!