Defying the Eye Chart Author:Marilyn Jurich Defying the Eye Chart reaches beyond time to bring the mythic into our contemporary world. The poems in this collection focus on different ways of seeing, or not seeing, the fantastic in reality. Fresh language and vivid images evoke a range of emotions: anger, sadness, love, confusion and more. Ottone Riccio says, "There is a richness about [th... more »ese poems]; they are powerful while being loving, they include wildness, violence, now and then surrealism." These poems are carefully shaped on the page; the layout of the lines enhances each poem's impact on the reader.« less