How Things Are Book

Not much to say but "wow". The title piece, by itself, is amongst the major work of art that have been produced about the Nazi extermination, and yes, of course, "after Auschwitz/only poetry". And yes, of course, those dibbuks are still with us, nothing to be done about that.

Khurbn has been republished as ce center part of Triptych, along with Poland/1931, originally published in 1974 and the more recent Burning Babe (2007). In retrospect, would it have been better to read Khurbn as part of that Triptych? My provisional response would be a negative, if only because the other half of the book contains amazing poems, from the "icons" to the "dreamwork" poems to the Oklahoma poems, great poetry by itself, and also a bridge drawn from Khurbn to contemporary america.

Khurbn and other poems is a major work of poetry. Just read it, read it and read it again.