What Sparks Poetry:
Evie Shockley on Jayne Cortez' "There It Is"
"Cortez’s trademark use of enumeratio—a rhetorical device that builds the force of an argument by offering detailed lists of the parts, causes, or effects of an issue—drives home the ruthlessness of this class of people: “They will try to exploit you / absorb you confine you / disconnect you isolate you / or kill you.” Enumeratio forms the poem’s fundamental structure." |
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"Getting Down To Get On Over"
"Readers have never been more ready to receive Jordan’s unsparing yet finely wrought works, distilled in this collection to the most powerful selections. “The Bombing of Baghdad,” from Kissing God Goodbye (1997), emerges as a standout poem that interrogates the nation, the world, and the poet’s intentions."
via THE ADROIT JOURNAL BLOG |
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