A Shape & Sound

I look forward to this poets first full length collection. “A Shape and Sound” is, as Ruzkowski articulates, “an explosion/in the woods/was it trees/syllables perhaps.” With little to no punctuation, there is no restraining the imagery present within this text. Ruzkowski’s use of white space is reminiscent of the quiet before the storm, a “climate shift” that promises “an event of global proportions.” Ruzkowski patiently expresses this white space, giving us clues about where this space exists in our waking lives; perhaps it is the space “between clocks and crows,” or the place between “the mouths of the dead,” a “blankness like night splitting from ear to ear.” Ruzowski enters a negative door and returns with an account of his journey, daring the reader to “keep your hand in my beehive.”

—S. Marie Clay, Amazon.com Customer