A Daily Glance
K. Lorraine Graham’s And so for you there is no heartbreak does not look like a traditional poetry chapbook nor does it read like one. It reads more like a travel journal composed of one long prose poem that recounts the pre-trip thoughts and then a trip to Romania, a trip during which the speaker will meet some poets. The details of the trip are not extremely clear because the focus of the collection is a relationship (or perhaps relationships). We have an “I,” a “you,” and a “we.” There are some names in the book, but they do not relate to the central relationship closely. The chapbook has many episodes that work into the narrative—my favorite being about a lost wallet, but the real interest with the text is the way the speaker’s thoughts jump from idea to idea.
K. Lorraine Graham’s And so for you there is no heartbreak does not look like a traditional poetry chapbook nor does it read like one. It reads more like a travel journal composed of one long prose poem that recounts the pre-trip thoughts and then a trip to Romania, a trip during which the speaker will meet some poets. The details of the trip are not extremely clear because the focus of the collection is a relationship (or perhaps relationships). We have an “I,” a “you,” and a “we.” There are some names in the book, but they do not relate to the central relationship closely. The chapbook has many episodes that work into the narrative—my favorite being about a lost wallet, but the real interest with the text is the way the speaker’s thoughts jump from idea to idea.
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