PLANETARIUM A Retrosective 1950-1980

There is no better medium for poetry than audiotape because poetry is the poet's voice. Poems as intensely personal as these ("Diving into the Wreck," for example, with its deep-sea diving metaphor for self-scrutiny) resonate in the deep, strong and patient voice of the poet herself. Watershed's reputation for fine-quality recordings of poets reading their works is unsullied in this excellent selection, recorded live at the University of Maryland in 1986. This collection spans almost a lifetime of work. A worthy companion tape, Tracking the Contradictions, also available from Watershed, picks up in 1981 where this fine collection leaves off. V.H. ©AudioFile, Portland, Maine [Published: FEB 95]