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If I Should Say I Have Hope

"The title of Melnick’s stunning book is a microcosm of the poems within — the uncertainty of if I should say followed by the defiance of I have hope. Her poems follow moments of unmooredness (I am best / when I dabble in consciousness and a soundly / spinning room) with blinding insight (You wouldn’t know happy if it kissed you on the mouth) — tiptoeing followed by a kick to the head. On the melancholy-go-round of these poems, there’s a swan-seat for sadness but also a tiger called Beauty and a horse called Hope. The unexpected music and syntax of Melnick’s work will make you want to ride/read it again and again."

- Matthea Harvey

  • Format
  • paperback
  • Pages
  • 96
  • Language
  • english
  • ISBN
  • 9781936919123
  • Genres
  • poetry
  • Release date
  • 2012