Bennett's poetry is so wonderfully pre-logical, slithery and large that it lavas on regardless of any non-Bennett boulders it picks up. So his many collaborations, like the five here with Susan Smith Nash, are almost always as fascinating as his all-Bennett benders--not to diminish the added boulders. One title from this set should give a taste: "LIKEN PHYSIOGMETRICS SUNLIGHT, HOME & MY HAND HOLDING SERUM, SOFT W/HOWLING." This pamphlet also has another worthwhile prose observation by Nash on Bennett's poetry.--Bob Grumman
This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #2,
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