Title: the possibilities of poetry
Product review: Sharon Dolin's new book Realm of the Possible uses a quote from Pindar to open: "My soul, do not seek immortal life, but exhaust the realm of the possible." This epigram is a flag starting the car race--and Dolin's poems are off, trying to cram in as much living as possible. There are poems about young children and motherhood--an amazing poem called "On Reading Amichai's Open Closed Open While Suckling Samuel" and "Stroke," a poignant poem about two pregnant women in a diner, one of whom has had a stroke. There are poems about the complexities of relationships of all kinds. The poems are testiments and serve witness to a life of disappointments and joys, birth and mourning. The poems bristle with enegy, with a hyper awareness of what it is to be alive.
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