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In the closing poem of Stowaways, the surviving pilot of the first fatal plane crash in recorded history receives a small box of debris from the calamity, to amuse him in his convalescence. What a fitting figure for this collections loopy juxtapositions and serious surprises. The world in Ariel Gordons poems is one in which everything and everyone, from a sleep-starved human mother to a miscegenational beluga, is simultaneously endangered and dangerous. If Gordon understands our vulnerability, how skin is a thin shield, that even a birthday balloon, drifting from the back seat is a kiss with teeth, she vividly reminds us that those teeth are ours: If I had had twins, says the new mother in Primpara, I would have eaten one. These are nervy poems that refuse to behave themselves. They are something to celebrate. - Julie Bruck, winner of the 2012 Governor Generals Award for Poetry for her Monkey Ranch.
Posted on: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 02:08:12 +0000

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