Magdalena Zurawski’s intrepid use of caesura — a pause in a line of poetry — reinforces the theme of disciplined attention in “[Dog Is a Way of Thinking].” The poem’s frequent midline ...

A kenning (the term comes from Old Norse poetry) employs figurative language to represent the object ... a “rugrat” (“rug” is the preferred American word for a carpet) is a toddler or crawling baby, a ...