Bourge-wise Cat

"Transatlantic puffs known as clouds
Hold moisture before letting go to rinse us clean." (lines 31-32)
Greenblatt's and Murphy's processes, as Murphy explains in
her forward, naturally dovetailed. Both have a highly intuitive,
free-flowing approach that filters out only what is most
superfluous. And yet it's their styles that while markedly different
on their own, somehow interlock in an organic way that is not
jarring as one would expect.
I'm familiar enough with both poets' work to be able to
discern who likely
wrote which lines or phrases. Greenblatt infuses fantastical
elements into her work and smashes together aspects of nature to
create a new diction. Murphy, conversely, has a more rigid logical
lexicon that manages to evoke a sense of warmth and wonder. Both
poets impose invigorating innovation in syntax, imagery, and
vocabulary in order to deepen the dimensions of our understanding
of how language shapes our world. With these ghazals, they further
their linguistic mission in dizzying ways, contorting our way of
seeing and being: "Skinfuls of spine spin the vertebrae/Mindward
in the hope of reaching home."
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