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California Poem

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- From the February 07, 2005 issue by Staff

California Poem
Eleni Sikelianos
200 pages, paperback, $16.
Coffee House Press, 2004.

"The dental imprint of California / is gravelly, epileptic, spasm / of a sea-born bungled broken Coastal Range of ridges & spurs with localized names …" writes California native Eleni Sikelianos in her new book full of poems, funky photos and collages, and a quirky timeline. Even those who have never visited the Golden State will enjoy the book and find questions to ponder: "In the dream it was / raining in the violet-tinged West. Who is / the hero in this dream?"

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