WEE reviews April 27, 2006

Woofer (When I Consider the African-American) by Terrance Hayes

Julie: This is a flat poem on occasionally enlivened by some unusual and vivid plot:

making love among the fresh blood and axe
and chicken feathers left after the Thanksgiving slaughter
executed by a 3-D witchdoctor houseguest

It was enough to keep me reading, but not enough to inspire me to seek out more by Terrance Hayes.

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Mini Buildingsroman by James Grinwis

Julie: By far my favorite of the Grinwis poems this week, though the constant end-stopped lines trudged very heavily down the page.

A messianic squaw bit into a raspberry and said ow.

Did she ever!