STORM DAMAGE

By Melissa Hotchkiss

A jewel box of poems--short and long, prose and lined--presenting memories we all recognize, in clear, uncamoflaged language that rings with truth and startling clarity. An acute sensitivity to detail--whether observing or writing--allows an art so condensed that whole people emerge out of short phrases, events leap up full blown from a line or two.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 097103107X
• ISBN13: 9780971031074
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: Tupelo Press
• Length: 67 Pages
• Weight: 0.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Fine First Book!

This a clear, cool collection of poems written with a honest eye and a stark sensibility. Hotchkiss's spare lines expose and contain at the same time, with a kind of quirky intensity that is original and compelling. She makes great use of repetition, the way one would like to savor something, and say it again. She does this deftly and with precision. Her lines are taunt and every word counts. This is a great collection that feels at once old-fashioned and modern, Emily Dickinson meets the new millennium.