WEE reviews April 22, 2006

Hoops by Major Jackson

Julie: You can't unread a line in a poem, so if you encounter something amazing, it will irrevocably change the poem. I was pleased with this poem, and then I encountered:

the rusted

base of pole where life
snakes an open cut
up to center court, there lay
Radar enfolding his heart.

And I was blown away.

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Adoration is Not Irrelevant by Hayden Carruth

Julie: I can't say that I really thought this was a good poem, but I did enjoy the read, the over-the-topness of it. It was affective, effective, infective, even.