Tuesday, April 23, 2024

Poets and Poems: Jen Karetnick and "Inheritance with a High Error Rate"


I’ve read several of Jen Karetnick’s poetry collections over the years, and I’ve come to expect an expert eye for image and metaphor. With five poetry collections, poems published in a host of literary journals and magazines, and several prizes for her work, you would expect her to know how to use words and language. Yet she always manages to go beyond the expected, with images that intrigue, challenge, sometimes jar the mind.

 

Her latest collection, Inheritance with a High Error Rate, does not disappoint. Whether she’s writing about a deceased brother, the symphony of a tropical storm, selling a waterfront home in Miami or 10 things you don’t know about the city, or being followed by @Death on X (formerly Twitter), she surprises and delights with how she makes sense out of marrying two very different ideas or words together.

To continue reading, please see my post today at Tweetspeak Poetry.

Some Tuesday Readings

 

Be Mindful – poem by Paul Wittenberger at Paul’s Substack.

 

Poetry Prompt: How Does Your Garden Grow? – L.L. Barkat at Tweetspeak Poetry.

 

Sonnet 98 by William Shakespeare – Sally Thomas at Poems Ancient and Modern.

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