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    <body><![CDATA[I appreciate the gesture toward a faithful order, which each of these letters describes. But after a while, they start to sound a little monotonous, and the images slacken. And in the end I wonder why these are termed &quot;Epistles.&quot; Who is the supposed audience?]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[While it wasn't my cup of Brawndo, exactly, this collection of meditative prose poems will interest the spiritually-minded or admirers of Jarman's earlier work.  Full review here: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2008_01_012187.php" title="http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2008_01_012187.php">http://www.bookslut.com/poetry/2008_01_0...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was hoping he would explore -human spirituailty a little more.Kind of got a little preachy]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Again the question needs to be asked: Is it poetry? Let me know what you think.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Simply brilliant poetry.]]></body>
    
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