This week I finished a chapbook by Jennifer Moore. Smaller Ghosts is a collection of poems in the cento form. Moore is a favorite poet of mine. She previously won me over with her collection The Veronica Maneuver.
Smaller Ghosts is vastly different writing, but then it is a patchwork of lines from other works of writers. It's kind of a fun form. I've never tried it but it is. now on my list of things to do.
I think the success of such a form lies in how well read the poet is who stitched the lines together into a whole new work.
On another note, I am starting a new book The Familiar Wild On Dogs and Poetry. This is a book that has gorgeous art work. An Anthology edited by Rachel Mennies and Ruth Award. I've scanned it already and there is some great work in it. This will be a subject for a future post.
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