Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture; from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific, as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life s juxtapositions.
from Tuning
I try to tune out the boom boom boom
from the shooting range two miles from my house,
and think of the people who live next door
to the targets, or in the din of London and Berlin
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Soaring across extensive terrain, from the working world of Detroit to American suburbia and pop culture, from the European landscape of World War II to the current war in Iraq, Christine Rhein opens her personal world to the world at large. In poems that explore the historical, social, and scientific as well as the poignant and humorous, Rhein relishes life s juxtapositions.
FROM THE BOOK
"Friday Night"
and we're not perched at some neon-lit Manhattan bar,
not dancing in the ballroom of the San Francisco Ritz
but mixing martinis in our Michigan kitchen,
a pot of...