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Porticoes and potatoes, Narcissus and "scissor us," goblin and robin: not rhyme but phoneme mirroring, perhaps, is what illuminates this "poetry of metals and alloys," Mlinko's (Starred Wire) fourth collection, as it perpetrates its "ear raids"—this last is Mlinko's characterization of the poetry of forgotten modernist Lynette Roberts, but it might also apply to herself. Pillaging the marvelous overheard of myth and science, the poet spikes her similes—"Good riddance to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More