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4.0 out of 5 stars
... Review of Stiletto Talk, February 1, 2002
This review is from: Stiletto Talk (Paperback)
Sara Levy's poetry chapbook, Stiletto Talk, presents fifteen of her poems, each sharp, stylistic, and provoking.
Levy is a sharp and hip D.C. poet, whose works border on the abstract, as in "How to End It" -- What is needed then is / high-octane closure / with the finality / of seams and / the innuendo / of roar.
Many of her poems exude a quiet sensuality without becoming trite or sappy. In "Caduceus", named for the medical symbol of intertwined serpents, Levy writes -- But those emblematic tongues / paired embers of moist / in those arid twists, / well, they made me smile.
Her haiku are stunning in that they offer a very modern twist on a traditional form, with titles almost as long as the poems themselves, such as "Haiku for the Unlucky Woman Tasked with Writing 'Dominatrixhood for Dummies'".
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