Jul 10, 2009 2
Review: Determined by Aperture by Shannon Tharp
Determined by Aperture by Shannon Tharp (Fewer & Further Press)
Language can hamper a poet as much as it can aid her. Words can be both positive and negative instruments. In her chapbook, Determined by Aperture, Shannon Tharp wields the minimum amount of language necessary for reference, but also withholds with surgical skill. Structurally her poems are small: each line contains just a few words; each poem unfolds as a slender column down the page; and the pages themselves are diminutive (measuring in at 7″ x 4 1/4″). However, the architecture—the economy—of the poems generates many meanings. The poems point to something bigger than the physical spaces that contain them.
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