Ceteris Paribus

by Gale Nelson

Poetry. Like some of the poets these poems are dedicated to (Rosmarie and Keith Waldrop, Peter Gizzi) Gale Nelson's work has helped reinvent American lyricism. Sometimes veering close to Keith Waldrop's highly atomistic poems, CETERIS PARIBUS uses formal variety (space between lines, contrasts in tone, shifts between the poetic lines and prose-like fragments) to echo the equally-broad world of his poetic She became a / person on a crusade, a Johnny Appleseed for height . . .

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First published January 1, 2000