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ella1212's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
3.75
Lovely little collection of poetry
bibliolucinda's review against another edition
I am pushing on some simmering splinter,
some fragment of burning shrapnel,
reopening flesh over and over.
I want this cauterised, branded into me,
a hard and desensitised scar,
stopping all assumption in its shocked tracks.
- eating earth
3.75 stars
some fragment of burning shrapnel,
reopening flesh over and over.
I want this cauterised, branded into me,
a hard and desensitised scar,
stopping all assumption in its shocked tracks.
- eating earth
3.75 stars
kimswhims's review against another edition
4.0
Dipped my toe in and out of the flow of this glowing collection. Not sure that I got the full taste of the weight and breadth of it so hope to dip in again to it sometime.
I'll be looking out for it to add to my permanent collection and it's with reluctance that I return it to the library until another time.
I'll be looking out for it to add to my permanent collection and it's with reluctance that I return it to the library until another time.
kez91's review against another edition
5.0
4.5/5* This may have risen to first place in terms of poetry collections I read this year. Even though this is a short book, it is so full of great pieces that you just want to savour. Each piece is so perfectly constructed with it's own narrative, and everyday moments are capture so clearly in Cate Kennedy's Words.This was just a book picked up at a second hand store and I'm so glad I came across it because it's beautiful, and I'll definitely be seeking out Kennedy's other writing. Favourite pieces include '8x10 colour enlargements $16.50', and 'The Chilean miners are lifted into the light'.
everything_was_beautiful's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.0
lisa_setepenre's review against another edition
5.0
I was given this book for Christmas, and I'm glad I was because I tend not to buy books of poetry, and this book is really full of incredible poems. There is a lot of poems about small, insignificant but beautiful moments, but there others dedicated to historical moments and the deeply personal.
If I keep on writing this review, I'm going to end up rambling, but I think these three words (from this blurb from the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards website sum it up completely: disarming, warm and accessible.
If I keep on writing this review, I'm going to end up rambling, but I think these three words (from this blurb from the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards website sum it up completely: disarming, warm and accessible.
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