▁composed ▁largely ▁in ▁sy ll ab ic ▁verse ▁and ▁other ▁fixed ▁forms . ▁In ▁a ▁review ▁of ▁O de ▁to ▁Anna ▁M off o ▁and ▁Other ▁Po ems ▁for ▁Po etry ▁Magazine , ▁David ▁Baker ▁wrote ▁that ▁"[ K o esten baum ] ▁is ... ▁willing ▁to ▁ex ert ▁the ▁press ures ▁of ▁traditional ▁form ality , ▁yet ▁he ▁is ▁also ▁likely ▁to ▁let ▁the ▁voice ▁and ▁experience ▁of ▁a ▁poem ▁gr ate ▁against ▁his ▁own ▁formal ▁gest ures ..." ▁His ▁subsequent ▁books ▁of ▁poetry ▁took ▁on ▁ ▁a ▁more ▁experimental ▁approach ▁to ▁pros ody . ▁ ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁fixed ▁forms ▁for ▁his ▁book - length ▁poem , ▁Model ▁Hom es , ▁which ▁is ▁composed ▁in ▁ott ava ▁r ima . ▁His ▁two ▁most ▁recent ▁books , ▁The ▁P ink ▁T rance ▁Not ebook s ▁and ▁Camp ▁Mar mal ade , ▁are ▁experiments ▁in ▁what ▁Ko esten baum ▁refers ▁to ▁as ▁tr ance ▁writing . ▁Ben ▁Sh ield s ▁described ▁tr ance ▁writing ▁in ▁The ▁Paris ▁Review ▁as ▁an ▁approach ▁that ▁" all ows ▁language ▁to ▁move ▁freely " ▁and ▁" does ▁not ▁often ▁ad here ▁to ▁expected ▁them atic , ▁s ynt actic , ▁or ▁logical ▁patterns ." ▁Publish ers ▁Week ly ▁described ▁the ▁work ▁in ▁The ▁P ink ▁T rance ▁Not ebook s ▁as ▁" look [ ing ] ▁and ▁feel [ ing ] ▁like ▁the ▁cut - and - paste ▁fragments ▁of ▁a ▁journal ." ▁ ▁P ain ting ▁ ▁Ko esten baum ▁began ▁to ▁paint ▁in ▁ 2