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Firefly Under the Tongue: Selected Poems by Coral Bracho, Forrest Gander

michaelwong's review against another edition

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4.0

"The limitless inconstant/whiteness/of the wall. The few lines/that hold it together."-From this Light, p. 43

"consider the gestures . determing place and sequence. The sensation / of sequence; / consider the gesture that engenders / the sensation, ' the definitive body it outlines, / articulates;" -That Space, That Garden, I", p. 81

"...Something / you said then, / in that way, // in that way that always comes to pass;" -That Space, That Garden, II", p. 85

"Perception goes out, marking silhouettes, / footsteps go out, centering the vastness. / And night's shifting / profile goes on pulling one thing toward another." -That Space, That Garden, II", p. 89

jamiecoughlin's review against another edition

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5.0

Gorgeous poems and wonderful translations.

The eyes of a jaguar are leaves trembling in the wind.
Fire, the dazzling butterflies.

usedtotheweather's review

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dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

4.5

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