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ebt's review
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
ellekreads's review
dark
funny
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Love love LOVE passivity, electricity, acclivity
Big fat honourable mentions to The (Little) Death of the Author and Walking Home One Night.
The problem (and not-problem) w poetry is it is very personal.
Big fat honourable mentions to The (Little) Death of the Author and Walking Home One Night.
The problem (and not-problem) w poetry is it is very personal.
judeisanicon's review
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
sad
tense
medium-paced
3.75
alycia's review against another edition
4.0
I found the beginning of this collection so absorbing -- the language, the tone. I can only really describe it as a kind of smoothness, each line cascading nicely into the next, moving between meditative statement and imagery. That was probably my favourite thing about it, when the author's (speaker's) stated desire/thoughts unfolded amidst a sprawling illustration of laces or moonlight or Cornwall. The long sequence in the middle was captivating: the build of it, the scenery, the fear and relief, the narrative. Love. I think the last third of the collection felt most displaced to me. I liked the cento a lot, and I think the poems were individually wonderful, but they felt so much more ... exterior? in comparison to the rest of the collection. Overall though, I really enjoyed this read and it inspired my own writing.