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balletbookworm's review against another edition
4.0
Beautifully wrought and precise poetry but very bloodless at times. Some are meant to be Poe-like, but I don't get a chill. Some are melancholy, but I don't feel it. The best sections are III (Remembrance) and IV (Imagination) where emotion begins to come through. He also has a whip-crack jab at MFA programs in My Confessional Sestina (p86).
tatumreads's review against another edition
4.0
Not all poems resonated with me, but the ones that did really struck a cord.
jameshendrickson's review against another edition
4.0
The closing poem, "Marriage of Many Years" alone is reason enough to buy this.
The first 2 themes were a little tough for me to connect with but starting with the theme of Remembrance these poems are moving and powerful.
I particularly enjoyed the story poems. These captured whole stories in narrative poem form.
If you do nothing else, go find Marriage of Many Years and read it...it's only 2 stanzas so even if you hate poetry two stanzas is something you can handle.
The first 2 themes were a little tough for me to connect with but starting with the theme of Remembrance these poems are moving and powerful.
I particularly enjoyed the story poems. These captured whole stories in narrative poem form.
If you do nothing else, go find Marriage of Many Years and read it...it's only 2 stanzas so even if you hate poetry two stanzas is something you can handle.
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