Flinch of Song

by Jennifer Militello

Poetry. Winner of the Tupelo Press First Book Award, Jennifer Militello's poems are lyrical, deeply thoughtful, and laced with associative leaps so surprising that a reader will be exhilarated by the imagination at work (and play) in each poem. The poems grapple with the everyday dramas of family and of love and do so with an avidity of intelligence as bracing as lines from Lorca or Rimbaud.

Genres: Poetry

72 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2009

Reviews

[J.L. Thornton · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a reread, and I'll rate a little higher than I did before bc I do feel I got more out of it this time. But it's still a bit over my head and seems to be more about words and sound and images rather than meaning, which also gets sort of repetitive and all the poems start to feel the same. Still some lovely moments and ideas, though.

[Lizzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

The imagery was beautiful, but the poems were a bit hard to understand.

[Julie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love Militello's well-crafted poems. A beautiful collection, one I'm certain to read many times.