Comments on: Trace http://shortpoem.org/trace/ if compression is the first grace of style Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:46:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Kristina Baer http://shortpoem.org/trace/comment-page-1/#comment-728 Kristina Baer Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:44:02 +0000 http://shortpoem.org/?p=908#comment-728 There is no solace in the rain, no hope in the forsythia's glow. As implacable as the reflection of malice and anger in the ditchwater, the memory of death on the road. This dense rendering of a trauma's aftermath contains and prolongs it in precise and full images. Stunning. There is no solace in the rain, no hope in the forsythia’s glow. As implacable as the reflection of malice and anger in the ditchwater, the memory of death on the road.

This dense rendering of a trauma’s aftermath contains and prolongs it in precise and full images. Stunning.

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