Decoy
Poems by Elaine Equi

"[Equi's] work does what poetry should do, yet very rarely does—make you feel the sensations inherent in words and their combinations, while simultaneously throwing down a savvy personal challenge."
— SPIN

In Elaine Equi's Decoy, definitions of poem self come together, overlapping and splitting apart in a cat-and-mouse game of shifting identities and startling revelations. Nothing is taken for granted, and nothing is necessarily what it appears to be. Subversive, witty, and quick-thinking, Equi is adept at slipping around corners and peering through keyholes, ultimately proving that the best poems are those that take us by surprise.

Also by this author:

• Ripple Effect: New and Selected Poems
• The Cloud of Knowable Things
• Surface Tension
• Voice-Over