`The Fall' by J. Bottum; St. Augustine's Press ($7).

From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune NewsService) | Date: April 15, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: Frank Wilson

J. Bottum's debut volume proves again that genuine poetry represents a triumph over what Eliot called "undisciplined squads of emotion." Poetry without emotion, of course, is sterile, but poetry that's nothing but emoting _ and there's much of that cluttering the shelves these days _ is not only tiresome but embarrassing. Not so Bottum's well-crafted verse, which gains power from its skillful deployment of images brought to critical mass through the power of reflection.

The centerpiece here is the title sequence, a trio of poems set in New England in ...

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