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Wake
Throughout Bin Ramke's book of poems, certain elements recur insistently: birds and boyhood, betrayal, and longings that careen between flesh and faith. The poet does not pretend to offer wisdom but instead offers words.
- GenresPoetry
130 pages, Paperback
First published March 1, 1999
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April 7, 2008
After reading a selection of Bin Ramke's Wake, it occurs to me that the most intriguing poems here propose the interchangeability of speaker and audience. Ramke also has a unique method for talking about it. Enter experimental forms galore. I tend to think of these moments as the development of a new language attuned to the nonexistence of absolutes or extremes.
Or put it this way: Ramke disperses narrative fragments between impressive banks of quotations to show that the delineation between A & B is impossible. By bombarding the reader with references, Ramke suggests that even a poem cannot be separated from the bodies of work that inform it. Similarly, there is no clear line between the author and the audience. There are only words and words are not maps drawn to scale.
Or put it this way: Ramke disperses narrative fragments between impressive banks of quotations to show that the delineation between A & B is impossible. By bombarding the reader with references, Ramke suggests that even a poem cannot be separated from the bodies of work that inform it. Similarly, there is no clear line between the author and the audience. There are only words and words are not maps drawn to scale.
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