anima

The thirty—nine poems of anima bring a distinctive, archetypal potency to the closing stages of Mario Petrucci''s larger i tulips project, the 1111—strong sequence in which this sub—sequence crucially sits.

Arising organically from prior modernist experiment, Petrucci''s style nevertheless remains utterly contemporary. His mastery of the shape and sound of each poem makes for an intense and all—consuming experience, refocusing an array of influences through an acute lyrical sensibility. By y...