The Dark Takes Aim

By Julie Suk

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0966941985
• ISBN13: 9780966941982
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: Autumn House Press
• Length: 77 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Breathtaking and haunting poetry

In The Dark Takes Aim Julie Suk truly displays her prowess as a poet, bringing together a series of breathtaking poems which seek to explore the darker reaches of the self and nature. Suk's unique and experienced hand consistently manages to turn out fresh and surprising images, such as this passage from "The Dead": Reaching for the velvet muzzleof a horse, their hands pass on throughnever feeling the warm breath in their palms.Try catching wind as it runs over wheatleaving it in shocked repose. (56)The first image here glides seamlessly into the second. No segues are necessary. The only segue is the momentum of the poem itself as it weaves its way through an ether of dissonant thoughts and images, all the while unifying these figures to create a single, and often haunting experience.

The Best Poet in America!

These poems are haunting and mysterious. Suk can put phrases together in a way that creates an entirely new kind of poetic experience. Read the poem "Rounds" about her son's schizophrenia if you want to experience pure elemental pathos.