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em_harring's review against another edition
5.0
I didn't necessarily love all of these poems, but I loved most of them. Especially her poem on Lot's wife. It's beautiful. Highly recommend!
andreablythe's review against another edition
5.0
Apparently Karen Finneyfrock fell into a deep poetic depression following the death of her sister and found herself unable to write poetry. When, three years later, she was finally able to come back to writing, these are the poems she wrote.
Ceremony for the Choking Ghost plays out like a poetic carnival. The people, images, and metaphors parade through this book in delightful arrays of artifice and splendor. And yet, despite the glitter and sparkle and beauty, there is too, something deeply sad and unsettling, something seedy beneath the surface. After the thrills of reading this book, I am only sad that her first collection, Welcome to the Butterfly House, is out of print, so I will not be able to immediately read more of her work.
Ceremony for the Choking Ghost plays out like a poetic carnival. The people, images, and metaphors parade through this book in delightful arrays of artifice and splendor. And yet, despite the glitter and sparkle and beauty, there is too, something deeply sad and unsettling, something seedy beneath the surface. After the thrills of reading this book, I am only sad that her first collection, Welcome to the Butterfly House, is out of print, so I will not be able to immediately read more of her work.
daveroche's review
4.0
Every year for Christmas and her Birthday I would give my niece books. I'd get her other things, too, but I always gave her a couple books for presents. Now she is in college and she is recommending books to me, which on one hand makes me feel kind of old but for the most part is awesome. This is a book of poetry she recommended. I liked it a lot. My niece has good taste. I'm going to go ahead and take some credit for that. (She also likes Jawbreaker, which I'm going to take total credit for.)
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