Original artwork, not a still
How little they seem performances, no matter how brilliant or magical, how little things made primarily of words (or of ink and paper, either), and how much things made out of lives and the world that lives inhabit.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
The praise concerns how thoroughly the poems seem to exceed their materials. Skill is present, yet the result does not feel primarily like a display of skill. Words, ink and paper recede behind the impression of lived experience, making the work feel inhabited rather than merely constructed.
Context reviewed
