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karolyne's review against another edition
3.0
there is nothing wrong with it, it just did not move me.
paperback_tulips's review against another edition
My problem with poetry is that it's either too simple and straightforward, or overly poetic and metaphorical. Auguries of Innocence definitely felt like the later for me. Poetry is such a personal thing and this collection was simply not for me
ellephuonglinhnguyen's review
3.0
The years saw me grow long-limbed awkward inexplicably maverick. I sought my kind and found none. How you rescued me. Your peasant hands reaching through time wrapping my young heart. Your poems, found in a stall by the greyhound station I dogged dreaming of escape, were my ticket out of my cloistered existence. Words I could not comprehend and yet, deciphered by blood, illuminated adolescence. Armed with you I fled the rural suffocation of southern New Jersey past the streets of our forefathers to New York City of poet rats and public transit. I wrote with the image of you above my worktable, vowing to one day trace your steps dressed in the watch cap and coat of my present self.
morandareads's review against another edition
3.0
3.5 stars. I love Patti Smith. Maybe her poetry just isn’t my thing. There were a lot of references to christ and saints that I just didn’t gel with. The imagery is so overused especially in a poetic sense that it fell flat for me. I loved certain lines and a few poems but overall this didn’t do it for me. Go with any of her other stuff. It’s still worth a read cause it’s short. Would probably benefit from a second read through.