A reminder that Surface Tension remains in print from Coach House Books – and is a book that invites response. It includes poems from letraset and photocopy manipulation and degeneration – and each page asks the reader to imagine a few form of poetry, a liquid and flowing poetry. In Surface Tension, letters and words gather and pool into puddles of poetry; street signs and logos reflected in the oily sheen of polluted gutters of rainwater. Like a funhouse mirror reflecting the language that surrounds us, the pages drip over the margins, suggesting that Madge was right, we are “soaking in it!”

Here’s some of the responses to Surface Tension from across the internet – I invite you to read and respond to the book ,,, and send me your thoughts, i’ll share them here and build on this conversation!