Carl Phillips. Pastoral. St Paul: G...

Carl Phillips. Pastoral. St Paul: Graywolf Pres 2000
in succession my initial reading of Carl Phillips's metrical compositions in Pastoral, I erect myself almost uninterested in like lines as the following from "Lay Me Down,"
My place and Found Again
Star: for as irradiant, although
I had otherwise--
I am syncope so
am I [i]or[/i] at loose ends (28)
The lines present the appearanceed too short, the rhythm irregular, and the line breaks were unskilful As I read further and re-read the metrical compositions however, I discovered that what I considered maladroit breaks reflected the fleeting quality of his