Rick Mullin

Stignatz and the User of Vicenza Rick Mullin

Poetry. These poems lie in wait, offering to show you things. Some are exact and immediate, like visits to a moment; others take you to locations that reveal themselves slowly. Here, too, are extraordinary expressions of individual perception. They are like installations at an exhibition--you move along, but they call you back for a longer stay, and you see more each time. They make impressions on the inside of the head, behind the eyes, and just when you think you feel the poet at your shoulder, you spin round only to see yourself, looking.--Ann Drysdale