Brooke Schmidt's word poems are astoundingly astute both in terms of their proclivity towards raw emotion and their meaningful brevity. Created from cut-out book words, these works are fine examples of what artistic and intellectual endeavors can be duly accomplished with the physical remnants--the leftovers, one may say--of musty old books perhaps deemed unfit for collection. I can only imagine, with a giddy nostalgia, what stories each word has helped to tell in their prior book-bound lives...
