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Geography III: Poems by Elizabeth Bishop

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magmincey's review against another edition

5.0

I enjoyed how these poems were cozy and vast and natural and meticulous all at the same time. I want to read more of her work!

cwalsh's review against another edition

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3.0

Thought I would love this collection but I was left feeling lukewarm. While In the Waiting Room and Night City were my favorites, I didn't really feel much for the other poems.

marksanders's review against another edition

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5.0

A true joy. Intimate and expansive everytime you read it.

catlady496's review against another edition

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4.0

These long poems are rife with allusions and meanings that are hard to understand at first glance, but are worth the rereads and the time taken to understand. Bishop is strong in her free verse, excellent in her imagery, and divine in her recounting of childhood insight and memory.

The poems are rather long, but there are only a few of them so you can dedicate time to each. Some are still confusing , no matter how you look at them, but hold a strong beauty to their sound that I can forgive them.

w_eronika's review against another edition

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emotional inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

4.75

I've came across Bishop in school we had to do 5 of her poem and i truely enjoyed them so I looked up more of her work and I cam across this and I knew Bishop was good I didn't know she was AMAZING!!!

hanamarma's review against another edition

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4.0

I liked how no-nonsense the poems in this collection were. They felt a bit like a wise relative telling stories and passing on knowledge. They also were playful at times, at other times wondering, mysterious. I loved the lion-sun in The End of March; the rambling journey of The Moose; the sinister quality to Night City. And of course In the Waiting Room and One Art were brilliant.