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Infinite City by Alex Skovron & Aerial Photography by Joanne Burns

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July 1999, no. 212

Infinite City: 100 Sonnetinas by Alex Skovron

Five Islands Press, $13.95pb, 103pp

Book 2 Cover Small (400 x 600)

Aerial Photography by Joanne Burns

Five Islands Press $12.95pb, 92pp

Infinite City by Alex Skovron & Aerial Photography by Joanne Burns

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July 1999, no. 212

Despite the differences in style, careful logic seems to me to be the prevalent characteristic of both these accomplished poetry collections. Hard-won logic, too. In each, we are made aware often of the processes of achieving intellectual and emotional assessment and balance. As the titles indicate, poem after poem vividly accumulates details to settle on a succinct but more distanced and distancing overview.

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