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when i like a Ruefle poem, i like it very much. her poetry can be spacious, sonorous, poignant, at times gently holding riddles (<3) and easiness. it can be calming, appealing. that said, many poems in this book seem a combination of easy and arch, texts assume they are V MEANINGFUL w/o asking themselves what they are and pursuing. that's one beautiful ethic of poetry but not one i like spending a whole book with.