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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The river is a central theme in these moving, lyrical poems
Waterborne: Poems is a unique volume of Linda Gregerson's free-verse poetry written in an open, unfettered style and a unique verse structure that draws the reader into a personal vision daily life and the inner power that transcends ordinary experience. The river is a central theme in these moving, thoughtful, lyrical poems. "...to think that tethered in his crib is...
Published on June 7, 2002 by Midwest Book Review
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Academic, mannered, boring - the Coen Brothers of poets
This is sepia-toned, art-directed, self-important, highly artificial work by someone who loves "literature" - and rightly so - but feels she can produce it herself simply through intelligence and learning. The miseries of reading this book are legion - pompous enjambment, moments of "shock," Frostian copybook grimness, dull exposition, the fancy that a whole world is...
Published on April 13, 2006 by Mark Rutherford
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4 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Academic, mannered, boring - the Coen Brothers of poets,
By Mark Rutherford "Mark Rutherford" (New York) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Waterborne: Poems (Hardcover)
This is sepia-toned, art-directed, self-important, highly artificial work by someone who loves "literature" - and rightly so - but feels she can produce it herself simply through intelligence and learning. The miseries of reading this book are legion - pompous enjambment, moments of "shock," Frostian copybook grimness, dull exposition, the fancy that a whole world is being produced - when it is all Linda, Linda, Linda. Gregerson has a mildly interesting mind which clearly amuses itself - but not the rest of us. To quote her - and note the oh-so-daring enjambments -
... my hour with you (one breath, one more) was theft of an otherwise perfectly good hour.
3 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The river is a central theme in these moving, lyrical poems,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Waterborne: Poems (Hardcover)
Waterborne: Poems is a unique volume of Linda Gregerson's free-verse poetry written in an open, unfettered style and a unique verse structure that draws the reader into a personal vision daily life and the inner power that transcends ordinary experience. The river is a central theme in these moving, thoughtful, lyrical poems. "...to think that tethered in his crib is all/the safety she can give him. Not kerosene nor/coalstove shall destroy him, yet/there must/have been a fire, he did not freeze."
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Waterborne: Poems by Linda Gregerson (Paperback - February 27, 2004)
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