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ovenbird_reads's review against another edition
5.0
Some books require something beyond a five star rating and this is one of them. I cried so many times reading this book and so much grief was escorted to the surface, but this is the sort of book we should all read so we can better understand the anatomy of loss. I will return to this again and again. I know that Orr's will be a voice that I will summon up in times of great darkness. These are poems to spend time with and I intend to return to them.
peggy_racham's review
5.0
"To be alive: not just the carcass But the spark. That’s crudely put, but...
If we’re not supposed to dance, Why all this music?"
If you need hope after losing someone this is the book. Grief yes, but grief as proof of love
If we’re not supposed to dance, Why all this music?"
If you need hope after losing someone this is the book. Grief yes, but grief as proof of love
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Grief
omgnikki's review against another edition
5.0
me, every 2.5 pages: this is the best part of this book. surely this is the best part of this book. this has got to be the best part of this book. now this is the best part of this book. for sure this
saintmaud's review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
4.0
All the different books you read—
You were searching
For the one Book.
All the poems you read
And what you really sought
Was the one poem.
And when you found it
Weren’t you lifted up?
Didn’t you become lighter?
Transparent even, so that
someone looking at you
Could see the world,
Could see the world inside you?
You were searching
For the one Book.
All the poems you read
And what you really sought
Was the one poem.
And when you found it
Weren’t you lifted up?
Didn’t you become lighter?
Transparent even, so that
someone looking at you
Could see the world,
Could see the world inside you?
maya_irl's review against another edition
5.0
"Reciprocity--it all comes down
To that.
As with lovers:
When it's right you can't say
Who is kissing whom."
To that.
As with lovers:
When it's right you can't say
Who is kissing whom."