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andotherworlds's review against another edition
4.0
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Every morning
the world is created.
I have never read any type of literary work which has screamed east coast more aggressively than this collection of poetry. This was beautiful. It felt so fresh and airy and light the entire time. The use of nature to convey different emotions and stories was incredibly well done.
Thank you madame uncarley for yet again influencing me into reading an actually good book.
Every morning
the world is created.
I have never read any type of literary work which has screamed east coast more aggressively than this collection of poetry. This was beautiful. It felt so fresh and airy and light the entire time. The use of nature to convey different emotions and stories was incredibly well done.
Thank you madame uncarley for yet again influencing me into reading an actually good book.
gabriellelac's review against another edition
4.5
absolutely beautiful collection. will definitely come back to some of these poems eventually. some of my favorites:
- trilliums (oh, i wanted // to be easy / in the peopled kingdoms, / to take my place there, / but there was none // that i could find / shaped like me.)
- the river (home, i said. / in every language there is a word for it. / in the body itself, climbing / those walls of white thunder, past those green / temples, there is also / a word for it. / i said, home.)
- the journey (not gonna recopy the full thing but i love this one. felt very personal and relatable)
i think my absolute fav was knife. something about the image of the bird the knife and the wall was just very beautiful to me though i'm not entirely sure why? lol. i found myself re-reading it multiple times.
"by now / the hawk has flown five miles / at least, / dazzling whoever else has happened / to look up. / i was dazzled. but that / wasn't the knife. / it was the sheer, dense wall / of blind stone / without a pinch of hope / or a single unfulfilled desire / sponging up and reflecting, / so brilliantly, / as it has for centuries, / the sun's fire."
- trilliums (oh, i wanted // to be easy / in the peopled kingdoms, / to take my place there, / but there was none // that i could find / shaped like me.)
- the river (home, i said. / in every language there is a word for it. / in the body itself, climbing / those walls of white thunder, past those green / temples, there is also / a word for it. / i said, home.)
- the journey (not gonna recopy the full thing but i love this one. felt very personal and relatable)
i think my absolute fav was knife. something about the image of the bird the knife and the wall was just very beautiful to me though i'm not entirely sure why? lol. i found myself re-reading it multiple times.
"by now / the hawk has flown five miles / at least, / dazzling whoever else has happened / to look up. / i was dazzled. but that / wasn't the knife. / it was the sheer, dense wall / of blind stone / without a pinch of hope / or a single unfulfilled desire / sponging up and reflecting, / so brilliantly, / as it has for centuries, / the sun's fire."
emmakowalski's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.75
Did you know that mary oliver is my friend and also my daughter that clawed out from my stomach and whispered things to my heart? Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!
savento95's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
laur31's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.75
reading_racc00n's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective