Reviews

If the House by Molly Spencer

sakeriver's review against another edition

5.0

My first read of these poems is that they describe the unsettling feeling that just precedes a moment of great transition. There is a feeling of incipience, of winter cold, where spring may, yes, bring new life but also reveals what was hidden under the snow. “Snow” is a word often repeated, as well as: storm, winter, blade, bird, crow, water, lake, river, boat, bridge, gray, stone, scrape, love. There is a sense of death, perhaps a death necessary to make room for renewal, but death nonetheless. A love that has become as skeletal as winter trees, about which I sense a tenderness, a wistfulness, but also a rage. What breathtaking poems these are.

dcmr's review against another edition

5.0

Wow! Layered, textured, rich and deep. This debut collection is stunning.