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owlette's review against another edition
4.0
Reading through this poetry collection was the easiest thing I've done this year. Even if I didn't always "get" the poems, there's something very slippery about the rhythm. Or maybe I've finally gotten better at reading English rhythmically.
In which is phenomenal btw), and it hit me harder after reading Bishop's. Or "Virginia's Moth", which I wonder is alluding to Virginia Woolf's essay, "The Death of the Moth." The poem wasn't in direct conversation with the essay and therefore may not even be related to the essay at all, but reading this and Charles Bukowski's "Moth in the Flame" gave me that extra layer of savouriness to the poem.
My favorites:
- "O, Morning Commuter" ("Learn more about your lack today. Claim/ a third space, together outside of community/ and solitude.")
- "Adidas" (The siren is being gaslighted.)
- "Bait song"
- "Refrain on the Rocks: after Apollinaire"
- "The Last Surviving Sea Silk Seamstress" (read the end note)
- "Ichthys"
- "Unlettered: after Domenica Martiniello (1932-2015)" (For the missing 'i', cf. this interview piece.)
- "Anatomical Machines"
- "Refrain on the Rocks: after Emily Wilson" (read the end note)
- "Virginia's Moth"
In which is phenomenal btw), and it hit me harder after reading Bishop's. Or "Virginia's Moth", which I wonder is alluding to Virginia Woolf's essay, "The Death of the Moth." The poem wasn't in direct conversation with the essay and therefore may not even be related to the essay at all, but reading this and Charles Bukowski's "Moth in the Flame" gave me that extra layer of savouriness to the poem.
My favorites:
- "O, Morning Commuter" ("Learn more about your lack today. Claim/ a third space, together outside of community/ and solitude.")
- "Adidas" (The siren is being gaslighted.)
- "Bait song"
- "Refrain on the Rocks: after Apollinaire"
- "The Last Surviving Sea Silk Seamstress" (read the end note)
- "Ichthys"
- "Unlettered: after Domenica Martiniello (1932-2015)" (For the missing 'i', cf. this interview piece.)
- "Anatomical Machines"
- "Refrain on the Rocks: after Emily Wilson" (read the end note)
- "Virginia's Moth"
michaelgreenreads's review against another edition
5.0
Happy National Poetry Month! This is full of myths, mermaids, sirens, Starbucks, and pain! I have never thought about mermaids for so long and with so many different vibes.
sarahhigh's review against another edition
a lot of fun, helped me calm down on my turbulent flight
krwilson's review against another edition
5.0
Domenica Martinello’s delicious poetry collection All Day I Dream About Sirens (#ADIDAS) is a savoury fusion of myth and media, logo and Logos, protective symbols and predatory corporatism, all served on a bed of tiny, perfect images. Brava.
notnicolebrewer's review against another edition
5.0
The poems in All Day I Dream about Sirens are loud and cruel and sharp and take no shit, they are hard and soft like water, like waves, like the tide, they sprawl in finely restrained fragments: the poems are contradictions and a perfectly, carefully, thoughtfully assembled suite of slivers of existence. They are diverse and profoundly varied, they are nuanced and clever and rewarding, they are an excercise. I read the book over the course of several mornings and it felt like a stretch I couldn't wait to get back to the next morning. A powerhouse debut!
dfparizeau's review against another edition
5.0
What a splendid read.
Reframing sirens and similar beings through a feminine lens adds so many unique and complex layers to these entities, that are often represented through the male gaze. They reclaim their bodies and stake out space in your local cafes, rivers, and streams.
As a former Starbucks employee, I was also enamored by the way Martinello investigates and complicates the notion of the "third place".
A really lovely collection of poems that I will definitely come back to again.
Reframing sirens and similar beings through a feminine lens adds so many unique and complex layers to these entities, that are often represented through the male gaze. They reclaim their bodies and stake out space in your local cafes, rivers, and streams.
As a former Starbucks employee, I was also enamored by the way Martinello investigates and complicates the notion of the "third place".
A really lovely collection of poems that I will definitely come back to again.