Stone for an Eye

“These stone poems by Karen Craigo are reminiscent of W. S. Merwins deep image poems or Vasko Popas surrealist pebble poems. But Craigo does Merwin and Popa one better. She manages to create and sustain a complex and shifting personal mythos without sacrificing the mystery and evocative force of the focusing image. Popas pebbles chanted a mean, gutteral, one-syllable song, but Craigos stones belt out whole operas. A brilliant debut.” —George Looney