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tangerineteeth's review against another edition
2.0
Moments of beauty, and clearly impelled by something of power, but he has strayed too far into abstrusity here for my taste.
cgcpoems's review against another edition
3.0
I didn’t get a chance to listen to the CD (my only access to a CD player right now is in my car, & I’m obviously not going anywhere) but I enjoyed these poems! I didn’t like this collection as much as I have other collections by Lee but the writing itself was just so beautiful.
kfan's review against another edition
5.0
A poem is such a tiny thing that strives to contain the entire universe. If one poem hit the target, that would be enough for a lifetime. So it's astonishing how perfect and lovely and stunning fulfilling so many of these poems are.
I don't know how Li-Young Lee is able to connect so completely with life on such a deep emotional level, but I'm thankful that he's doing it.
His early stuff was so good, and he's just getting better and better. It's absolutely stunning.
I got this from the library but I'm definitely buying at least one copy.
I don't know how Li-Young Lee is able to connect so completely with life on such a deep emotional level, but I'm thankful that he's doing it.
His early stuff was so good, and he's just getting better and better. It's absolutely stunning.
I got this from the library but I'm definitely buying at least one copy.
maxwelldunn's review against another edition
2.0
I've really enjoyed some of Lee's poetry I've read in this past, but I think congregated into one collection, it's all a bit too much. His poems are easy to read but hard to digest, and he works with pretty high concepts sometimes that create a distance from the reader. There were some lines that definitely had me stop and re-read it because of how simple but beautiful they were, but overall not my favorite collection.
lake's review
2.0
This book was a gift — I know what kind of poetry I like, and this isn’t it.
There were some poems that I liked, like the first one, but there were a lot of poems I disliked. The whole thing was too abstract for me. There were common themes throughout the book and repeated images like descriptions of apples, wind, lakes, etc. I liked this because you can tell the poet had intention.
But other than that, there were poems that were abstract about Time and childhood and I didn’t enjoy those at all. I’m not saying that no one in the world could enjoy this poet, but the work was just not for me.
There were some poems that I liked, like the first one, but there were a lot of poems I disliked. The whole thing was too abstract for me. There were common themes throughout the book and repeated images like descriptions of apples, wind, lakes, etc. I liked this because you can tell the poet had intention.
But other than that, there were poems that were abstract about Time and childhood and I didn’t enjoy those at all. I’m not saying that no one in the world could enjoy this poet, but the work was just not for me.
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