An optimistic and compassionate second collection by a former Brittingham Prize winner.
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Rife beautifully indulges the joy in wordplay all language lovers have. In each poem is a delightful discovery, a surprise in recognizing the event and the exactness of the poem's meaning and imagery. Stefanie Marlis has exceptional talent in both metaphor and revelation; her images subtly build into fresh vision. The poem "The World" describes bravery in the attempt to rewrite a friend's life, like "a threaded needle pulling you / to the other side of the cloth." If you like the poetry of James Dickey or Jorie Graham, you'll enjoy Marlis's Rife.
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paper 1-889330-12-4 Marlis, a copywriter from California, whose first book (Slow Joy) won Wisconsin's 1989 Brittingharn Prize, is a good-natured and empathetic poet whose light philosophizing begins in simple things: buttons, sand, stars, flowers. She affectionately dotes on less popular critters, whether funky dogs or skunks, a child's pet lizard or unwanted pigeons. In her tranquil verse, Marlis prefers a world ``where kindness is possible,'' where we must soften ourselves for love (``Butter''). The abundance suggested by the title (``there's so much of so much'') is spoken to by a lexicon of 15 impressionistic definitions, each of them an association of images built up from a word. ``Proffer'' asks for the kind of love she witnesses between lovers at a coffeehouse; ``ilk'' joins her with friends in their similar fears; and ``echo'' resounds with the memory of a loved ones death. ``Not afraid of sweetness,'' the poet loves fruit, candy, and sentimenther fragile poems fall apart from little more than a rigorous glance. -- Copyright ©1998, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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