Reviews for we fought again today

Aslan Israel
2008-04-24
ch 1,

abuseThe images are beautiful, and the repetition of the beginning lines really adds to the poem without overdoing it.

'our dry mouths furiously seeking water
as the settling ash left
third degree burns on our skin
(and our hearts)
and the ground trembled – no, shook
beneath us as it did on that fateful day
in 1906, San Francisco'

I love this stanza. Every word is perfectly placed, and I love the dash, as 'shook' adds so much more power to the thought than does 'trembled', yet still needs to be said.

Just brilliant.

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