Subject, language meld into poetic voice
review of Reticent Bodies by Moez Surani
by Jennifer Still
The Winnipeg Free Press
December 26, 2009
Most exciting is Surani's insight into the limits of the poem itself, what one is not able, or willing, to say within its structure: "How many times have I put off writing this / and even now as I begin / I know I'll tell only half-truths / of sunlight and not monsoon."
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