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Summary: I am moved
Review: It's difficult to describe poetry in general, and Broumas's poetry in particular. I could say she is one of my favorite poets and Rave is one of my favorite books of poetry.There is the context - Rave is a collection from several of her earlier works: Beginning with O, 1977 (Yale Series of Younger Poets); Soie Sauvage, 1979; Pastoral Jazz, 1983; Black Holes, Black Stockings (with Jane Miller), 1985; Perpetua, 1989; The Choir, 1989-1991; Sappho's Gymnasium (with T Begley), 1994; Ithaca: Little Summer in Winter (with T Begley), 1996; several translations of Odysseas Elytis. Her poetry feels like an urgent, rich process of exploration and discovery that reaches to primal energetic depths to reorient, heal, and recreate the present. Her words seem to take shape from a deep energy that fires the insights and images that these words form as they come together. At other times, the words seem grounded in the specific physicality of the present, and Broumas's touch seems to listen deeply to that physicality, back to its energetic origins, and her words sound echos from these depths. I am honored to read her poetry, and I am moved.
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Summary: BEST POET OF THE 21st CENTURY
Review: Olga Broumas is the bearer of the ancient traditions of Hellenic culture and she has entwined this with the culture of her everyday life of America. This book embodies the true meaning of Western Civilization. There is no other like her. Buy this book and it will change your life!
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Summary: Infinite book
Review: RAVE is one of the best books of poetry published in years, a shockingly brilliant and beautiful work, and infinite book--one of the most inspiring I know of--exhibiting on every page an almost Bachlike balance of intellect and inspiration. This is one of the very few books that will last, and a great antidote to the boredoms and tediums being cranked out by our more illustrious names.
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