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 Reviewed by: The Rev 31st Mar 2004 
 


A Wedding in Hell

Charles Simic
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Simic is as good as it gets, and in A Wedding in Hell he's in top form. Simultaneously irreverent and spiritual, the bulk of the poems in this book center around themes of higher powers and how odd they are when looked at from our perspective. Simic's usual surreal wit is in play throughout, and almost every poem has an unexpected pleasure waiting for the reader at the end. (I'd jotted down quotes to put here, but it was raining yesterday and the paper got smudged. Since I can't read my own writing, just imagine “Prayer” is inserted here.)

Lovely, on a par with Simic's beat work. Highly recommended.



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My Noiseless Entourage by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Nine Poems by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
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The Horse Has Six Legs by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
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Unending Blues by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
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