A review by yeahdeadslow
The Collected Poetry of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker

4.0

If these poems are anything to judge by, I would say Dorothy Parker did not have a very happy love life. Generally, reading someone's moanings about the hypnotic power of dissatisfactory men would be tiresome after a while, but that was not the case with these poems. Her wit was so finely tuned, so razor sharp so that these poems were a joy to read, even when they had heavy subject matters.

Here's one of her poems that almost made me laugh out loud:

Fighting Words

Say my love is easy had,
Say I'm bitten raw with pride,
Say I am too often sad-
Still behold me at your side.

Say I'm neither brave nor young,
Say I woo and coddle care,
Say the devil touched my tongue-
Still you have my heart to wear.

But say my verses do not scan,
And I get me another man!