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thomasgoddard's review
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I think that this book is a really good example of my issues with poetry today... a little too inaccessible to allow the reader a path inside.
I don’t mind layered and complex work. I just draw the line when it becomes evident that a lot of it is so inaccessible as to reduce itself, despite any meaning it might have had, to nothing more than pretty words.
And they are gorgeous collections of words, but when you read them - after the initial delight, you’re left with no way to unpack any of it.
Or at least, I wasn’t left with any path.
You know when someone tells you a dream and the visuals are interesting to consider - but the meaning is just a little too personal to be universal. That’s what it felt like.
I encourage you to try this one, but it wasn’t for me.
I don’t mind layered and complex work. I just draw the line when it becomes evident that a lot of it is so inaccessible as to reduce itself, despite any meaning it might have had, to nothing more than pretty words.
And they are gorgeous collections of words, but when you read them - after the initial delight, you’re left with no way to unpack any of it.
Or at least, I wasn’t left with any path.
You know when someone tells you a dream and the visuals are interesting to consider - but the meaning is just a little too personal to be universal. That’s what it felt like.
I encourage you to try this one, but it wasn’t for me.
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