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In the collection Meadowlands Louise Glick interweaves the story of a modern divorce with Odysseus’ return to Ithaca, with a rewriting of the myth that gives voice, first and foremost, to the secondary characters. Poetic composition, which followed the publication of the collection The Wild Iris, of great precision and clarity, written with metaphorical density and lyrical intensity, is at once comic and heartbreaking, reflective and not at all melodramatic.
The collection The Triumph of Achilles, written in 1985 by the Nobel Prize-winning poet, is perhaps the most erotic of her rich production. The poems in the collection are the passionate cries of “the one who has been abandoned.”
A collection refreshing in its willingness to confront the uncertainties and anxieties ignited by our current predicament, in which predictions of our collective future alternate between the terrifying and the inscrutable. These poems have the contemplative force and invitation of haiku.
Louise Glück conveys with translucence the sharpness of her vision. This unique poetic synthesis is for the time of flowering and wilting, which masterfully captures the tragic beauty of life in all its forms.
