![]() I walk into the water.The sky is blue like the ocean,which is blue like the sky.Camille Rankine is the author of the chapbook Slow Dance with Trip Wire, selected by Cornelius Eady for the Poetry Society of America's Chapbook Fellowship. The collection's sense of continuity and coherence comes through recurring poem types, including "still lifes," "instructions," and "symptoms."From "Symptoms of Aftermath".When I am saved, a slim nurseleans out of the white light. Rankine's short, lyric poems are sharp, agonized, and exquisite, exploring themes of doubt and identity. ![]() "A poet to watch."-O Magazine"I tell the truth, but I try to be kind about it."-Camille Rankine in 12 QuestionsNamed "a poet to watch" by O Magazine, Camille Rankine's debut collection is a series of provocations and explorations. ![]()
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