![]() ![]() In the foreword to Crush, competition judge Louise Glück wrote that the poems contained "cumulative, driving, apocalyptic power, purgatorial recklessness", and that "Books of this kind dream big They restore to poetry that sense of crucial moment and crucial utterance which may indeed be the great genius of the form. The Huffington Post's Victoria Chang praises the poet for writing with a "cinematic brilliance and urgency". In Louise Glück's review of the poem, she makes the following observation, "Tell me, the poet says, the lie I need to feel safe, and tell me in your own voice, so I believe you. It positions the reader as an accomplice to its dealings. The opening poem, Scheherazade (the title references to the character from One Thousand and One Nights) intimates inevitability and is foreboding in its tone. It is said that Siken's main inspiration was the death of his boyfriend in the early 1990s. It was selected as the winner of the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition. The collection of poems contemplate infatuation, intimacy, loss, and grief. Crush is the debut collection of poetry by American poet Richard Siken. The other brother only wants to stitch you back together. ![]() ![]() You could love this boy with all your heart. His deft and stubby fingers searching every shank and lock for weaknesses. The one in front will want to take you apart, and slowly. It was selected as the winner of the 2004 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition by Nobel laureate Louise Glück. Both motorbikes are shiny red and both boys have perfect teeth, dark hair, soft hands. Crush is the debut collection of poetry by American poet Richard Siken. ![]()
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