Meteorology

From the Inside FlapFrom the Foreword by Yusef KomunyakaaUlku is a master of juxtaposition. He plants little imagistic depth charges along the way. He seems to be aware of how one phrase lives beside another, how this dualism changes the whole picture -- like musical notes. The silence. The said. The Space. The pace. And, in this sense, he knows that the brain will leap forth to create a connection. Ulku orchestrates and controls the tension in each poem. Here's a young poet who knows what to leave out, what to sacrifice without making his poetry oblique