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David Gianatasio:
BEND BACKWARD FOR SHARPER RECEPTION


Runaway Spoon Press
Box 3621
Port Charlotte FL, 33949


$3.00

A series of short poems making use of various forms of minimalist and elliptical expression. Most of the poems also make use of an implied narrative or discursive structure. The contrast (or balance) between that and the haiku-like techniques can be extremely effective:

     the deserted parking lot 
     engine regards a vacant space 
     "grrrbrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr," it says
     "grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr" 
     it's saying your name 
     no it isn't

--John M. Bennett


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This review originally appeared in TapRoot Reviews #2,
Copyright Burning Press 1993, 1995.

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