Phantom Camera

I haven t seen an ocean for years, but I know one s out there, states Bolina. In fact, it s here in Bolina s book, a veritable tidal wave of verse, lines spilling forth propulsively and carrying with them keen observation of the everyday, the jamboree of a crosswalk . This Green Rose Prize winner is sophisticated but eminently embraceable, a tip-off of what s to come. The Library Journal As full of candour and ontological inquiry as they are of verve, panache, and wit, the poems in Bolina s second collection stretch and dilate, in order to, as the author puts it, feel so attached like a ligament to the whole shebang of human experience . These poems include subject matter of all kinds, and to read them can feel like being led through the chaos of contemporary life by a warm yet incisive mind. Publishers Weekly