Imperfect Present
Poems
In this masterclass in effervescent wordcraft, even as it ranges through troubled terrain, Sharon Dolin proves to be a poet for the love of sanity. Seven collections of poetry, a Pushcart Prize, 2021 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship recipient, and Witter Bynner Fellowship from the Library of Congress all attest to her boundless talent.
Self-Portrait as a Corncrake
There is no ratchet thirst like this
…..no pinions burst
…..nor dominion girt like thisthere is no sporadic quiet like this
…..no barrier tight like this
…..no hay meadow flightthere is no awake like this
…..no feathered shake
…..no migrant slaked like thisthere is no fraught like this
…..no one wing caught like this
…..nor hunted one soughtthere is no age like this
…..no brink of next stage
…..no nest in shade like thisthere is no sedge like this
…..no now—no wedge—like this
…..no how.
Reviewed by
Matt Sutherland
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