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Klink, Joanna. Raptus.(Brief article)(Book review)
Klink, Joanna. Raptus. Penguin Poets. 2010. c.80p. ISBN 978-0-14-311772-8. pap. $18. POETRY
One can hear numerous echoes of Wallace Stevens, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Sylvia Hath in Klink's third collection (after Circadian). Language poetry that works by figures of sound, mainly consonance and alliteration, Klink's pieces are suggestive, mysterious, and understated. They are also somewhat solipsistic, focusing on the poet instead of the reader. The most one can hope for is to overhear snatches of conversation between the …
