Dark Sky Question (Barnard New Women Poets Series)

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Summary: Wonderful
Review: I haven't much to add that others haven't touched on, so I will just add my voice in saying that Ms. Szporluk's poetry is simply beautiful. These are poems meant to be read over and over. I love her style--different than a lot of poets I've read, and it works well. This truly is a book worth owning.

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Summary: Larissa Szporluk's Dark Sky Question
Review: If one wants to visit a world not of our own, not that of heaven, but some alternative universe, this is the book to guide your journey. Through Szporluk's underlying theme of questioning religion, she is able to create this world. Decisive wording allows the reader to elevate to her unique vision .

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Summary: The nature of Szporluk
Review: Reading the poetry of Larissa Szporluk can accurately be likened to wandering through the dreams of a stranger. Szporluk's laster collection Dark Sky Question is filled with mind boggling images, creating bizarre pictures of sweating monks, desperate woman and an earth that lives out a human-like exsistance, within the readers mind. The idea of a dream-like state of consciousness peppers the work, and although the actual purpose of the poems is sometimes lost to the reader, one cannot help but be struck by the awesome quality of Szporluk's prose. To read Dark Sky Question is almost like seeing a theatrical production; the viewer must drop their limiting cloak of reality and accept the given circumstances. Once they do, exploring the fantastical world of Szporluk's electrifying poetry can effect imagination and go beyond expectation.