Fluorescence

In Jennifer Dick's poems, I like her use of spacing (especially in the first half of the book). It created emphasis on her words, and in some cases may have represented a portion of her memory that she could not remember in a traumatic moment. I think it created confusion, which may have been how the author felt during her experiences.

Most of Jennifer's poems are about catastrophic happenings such as explosions and suicides. I like that she talks about bad things that happen, instead of talking mostly about love and happy things.

Jennifer uses very descriptive words to create a very vivid picture in her poems. Such as in her poem In the Garden where she writes, "Her distaste, body sweat, wants the first apple rounding smooth as a poison icicle."