Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
OVERTIME by Joseph Millar
Review by Michael Meyerhofer OVERTIME by Joseph Millar Eastern Washington University Press Spokane, Washington ISBN 0-910055-74-2 2001, 61 pp., $29.99 http://ewupress.ewu.edu I have always had the deepest admiration for poets who know what to say and what not to say: wordsmiths who sense when it’s time to just shut up and let a scene describe [...]
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Tuesday, January 4th, 2011
“Dedication” by Michael Meyerhofer
Michael Meyerhofer DEDICATION In our house, not once did we hear someone say you’re welcome in answer to thanks. Instead—“it’s all right,” backhanded reminder of the sacrifice this or that Dollar Store trinket cost folks well below the poverty line. This is a hard habit to break. “Don’t worry, it’s fine” when you thank me [...]
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Monday, October 25th, 2010
ZEPHYR by Susan Browne
Review by Michael Meyerhofer ZEPHYR by Susan Browne Steel Toe Books Western Kentucky University 1906 College Heights Blvd. #11086 Bowling Green, KY 42101-1086 ISBN 978-0-9824169-4-5 2010, 92 pp, $12.00 www.steeltoebooks.com The poems in Zephyr, winner of the 2009 Steel Toe Books Prize in Poetry (Editor’s Choice), by Susan Browne, reminded me right away of Bob [...]
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Friday, February 5th, 2010
THE SELECTED POEMS OF LI PO translated by David Hinton
Review by Michael Meyerhofer THE SELECTED POEMS OF LI PO translated by David Hinton Anvil Press Poetry Neptune House 70 Royal Hill London SE10 8RF UK IBSN 978-0856462917 1998, 160 pp., $16.00 http://www.anvilpresspoetry.com The elegant genius of Li Po hardly requires further mention here. As a long-time fan of Chinese and Japanese poetry in translation, [...]
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Sunday, January 10th, 2010
THE ORIGIN OF THE MILKY WAY by Barbara Louise Ungar
Review by Michael Meyerhofer THE ORIGIN OF THE MILKY WAY by Barbara Louise Ungar Gival Press PO Box 3812 Arlington, VA 22203 ISBN 978-1-928589-39-6 2007, 70 pp, $15.00 http://www.givalpress.com/ My apparent lack of a womb means I’ll likely never know what it’s like to bear a child (maybe not an altogether bad thing) but reading [...]
