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Associated with the New York School and subsequently inspiring the Language Poets
In the 1980s
landing in and reflecting the discordant music of life on earth
these poems consider change and permanence
Virgula Scenes of a Life at the Capital Associated with the New YorkSasje Janssen (trans. Michele Hutchison) I long for a full stop, but my Virgulas are wary of employing them, I press them close as though death were breathing down my neck Virgula, the Latin word for a comma, is what moves thoughts and languages forward and what stops the stillness. In Sasja Janssens award winning collection, the comma becomes much more than a punctuation mark. Virgula is invoked as a muse and a companion; she is called on in every