The poems in Folding Ruler Star are conceived as a value-neutral Paradise Lost. In other words, someone who is not God tells you to avoid a certain tree, and you disobey the instruction; the result is shame. Two characters agree that one of them is supposed to worship and obey the other without actually believing that the other possesses any special qualities that would enforce obedience; the first one disobeys the second one and has to be punished. A body has five parts; each part is alarmed. Descriptions of the parts set off the alarms. Affect lives in the face and is measured with a ruler. The measure is a five-syllable line arranged in three-line units. Each poem is mirrored by another poem with the same title.
- ISBN10 0974090980
- ISBN13 9780974090986
- Publish Date 1 April 2005
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Fence Magazine Inc, Division of Fence Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 80
- Language English