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Poetry. In THE ROSE CONCORDANCE, Angela Carr sets up the rules for a game and then breaks them. The poems trace a constellation of fountains, whose... read full description

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Jul 03, 2010
Nikki rated it: 5 of 5 stars
Of fountains and vanities and font and avail to avail to no avail. This is what contemporary lyric poetry should be. Carr translates and organizes lines in the keyword index to the 13th century poem, Roman de la Rose by Guillaume de Lorris. It is beautiful, elegant, complex and playful. I’ll be putting this one on the bedside pile to return to again and again.
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Dec 07, 2009
Lisa rated it: 5 of 5 stars