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A Little White Shadow
A Little White Shadow | Mary Ruefle
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An exquisite art book of gentle and elegant found poetry.
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monalyisha
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I wanted to kick off the rededication of my mornings to poetry with something unassuming & undemanding; I thought white-out poetry/found poetry would do the job nicely. It did…too well, in fact. 😅 I was more ready for more words more quickly than I imagined. While a few of these caught me (p.8, 18, 22, 33), most felt like more like thin gibberish & happenstance rather than careful craft. Still, I imagine creating them was a simple pleasure.

vivastory I really like Ruefle, but this is one of my least favorites. A good erasure poetry collection I recommend is Matthea Harvey's Of Lamb. 3y
monalyisha @vivastory I have two others of hers I‘m planning to try! Trances of the Blast & Dunce. After I read her poem “Red” (the one that plays off of William Carlos Williams), I knew I had to read more. 😍 Thanks for the erasure poetry rec! 3y
vivastory I haven't read Dunce, but Trances etc does not disappoint! I hope it works for you. 3y
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g0ldengalle0n
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I was a little skeptical of this one when I first read the description, but I‘m so glad I tried it! The author was very selective in which words she left visible in the tiny 19th century book. What‘s left is a spare and haunting poem. What you see here is one page of it. I loved this book so much I ordered one to keep!

monalyisha Oh! This was my favorite poem in the collection, too. 💓 3y
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