Thursday, August 21, 2008
Laura Solomon's Blue and Red Things
Laura Solomon's Blue and Red Things is featured on Silliman's Blog today. Read about it here.
I like how Silliman talks about the power and seriousness in her poems. Both are everpresent. I also like how Phillip Metres calls her work "post-apocalyptic pastoral" in the comments. That's a great description of what is important in Solomon's poems, I think, if she wouldn't mind me saying so.
One time Laura Solomon read me a poem and in my mind I saw a forest of translucent, light grey trees. It is an image I have never forgotten and which I consistently associate with her poems, particularly this collection, Blue and Red Things. The image in my mind is kind of the image on the cover of her book, but different. The image in my mind is more jelly-like, more tactile. It is very hard to explain. Anyway, nonetheless, the image I might call a group of post-apocalyptic trees.
(For more Solomon, check out her reading in the bathroom leg of The Tiny Tour. Hers is the 3rd video down.)
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1 comment:
yay Laura!
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