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 Reviewed by: The Rev 28th Jun 2004 
 


Jackstraws

Charles Simic
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I've written so many glowing words about Charles Simic in the past year that anything more would really be superfluous (cf. reviews of The World Doesn't End, Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk,Classic Ballroom Dances, Charon's Cosmology, etc. etc.). All I can really say about Jackstraws is "another worthy entry in the corpus of Mr. Simic, which is already stacked full of quality material." Every new book from Charles Simic is an unalloyed pleasure to read, full of little unexpected pleasures and twists of phrase that cannot help but delight the reader. If you're not familiar with the work of Mr. Simic, I cannot but urge you to become so at your earliest opportunity; the man should be a living legend. As it is, he's just another poet trying to eke out a living, and that's a crime.



See also
A Fly in the Soup by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
A Wedding in Hell by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Another Republic by Charles Simic & Mark Strand reviewed by The Rev
Charon's Cosmology by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Classic Ballroom Dances by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
My Noiseless Entourage by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Nine Poems by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Return to a Place Lit by a Glass of Milk by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
The Horse Has Six Legs by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
The Voice at 3:00 A.M. by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
The World Doesn't End by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Unending Blues by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Walking the Black Cat by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
Weather Forecast for Utopia and Vicinity by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev
White by Charles Simic reviewed by The Rev