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lifeinpoetry's review against another edition
4.0
You can live with your doubt,
that’s why it’s yours.
Some of us are going to be okay.
(from “We Are Mermaids”)
(from “Prayer for Werewolves”)
What will you do with your youth,
It wants to know, once you are safe
And free?
(from “Kurt Wagner’s Song”)
that’s why it’s yours.
Some of us are going to be okay.
(from “We Are Mermaids”)
Someone will probably love you for who you are.
If not, you’ll still find friends,
friends who, given time, or given warning,
will probably gather around you, hold your hands,
and wrap you in soft coats and blankets till the violence
inside your body ends.
Someone will probably love you for who you are,
not just for who you labor to be.
Maybe you’re lost in your skin today. Maybe you’re burning
and wish you could tear it all off. Please don’t. You are variously
a marvel, an athlete, a wilderness, a source of warmth
and a way to learn from fear.
(from “Prayer for Werewolves”)
What will you do with your youth,
It wants to know, once you are safe
And free?
(from “Kurt Wagner’s Song”)
thepermageek's review
This poems in this collection were a tad too academic/literary for my taste.
I’m sure folks who are in English Lit and MFA programs will find this text delightful but, as a lay person, I found it simply too obtuse.
I’m sure folks who are in English Lit and MFA programs will find this text delightful but, as a lay person, I found it simply too obtuse.
feywildfiction's review
3.25
Picked this one up thanks to On Being's Poetry Unbound. A nice gateway into poetry for those new to it, like myself. An overall solid read.
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