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rj_readsbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Meditations in an Emergency is arguably O’Hara’s most famous collection of poetry, dealing with identity, love, and intimacy among daily life in late 50s New York City. It’s about finding a calm in the middle of a storm, and about being inside the storm. It’s about something inside of you being too big to keep hold of.
I brought this with me because, like all of O’Hara’s work, it’s like a conversation with a friend. I always know that I can sit down with Frank and he’ll hear me, and tell me what I need to hear.
I brought this with me because, like all of O’Hara’s work, it’s like a conversation with a friend. I always know that I can sit down with Frank and he’ll hear me, and tell me what I need to hear.
honorsenglishdropout's review against another edition
3.0
"But we do course together
like two battleships maneuvering away from the fleet.
I am moved by the multitudes of your intelligence
and sometimes, returning, I become the sea--
in love with your speed, your heaviness and breath."
like two battleships maneuvering away from the fleet.
I am moved by the multitudes of your intelligence
and sometimes, returning, I become the sea--
in love with your speed, your heaviness and breath."
gduran's review against another edition
5.0
Well this was no Rupi Kaur; however, O’Hara does have quite a way with words no doubt about it.
hellochildren's review against another edition
2.25
- Meditations in an Emergency
I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.
- Mayakovsky
" Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern... It may be the coldest day of the year, what does he think of that? I mean, what do I? And if I do, perhaps I am myself again."
I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love.
- Mayakovsky
" Now I am quietly waiting for the catastrophe of my personality to seem beautiful again, and interesting, and modern... It may be the coldest day of the year, what does he think of that? I mean, what do I? And if I do, perhaps I am myself again."