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sophhieee's review
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
glyph's review
emotional
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Loveable characters? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
the way that jack gilbert writes his poetry is very visceral, there are some pieces in this collection that steal your breath from the opening lines. the third piece, titled 'the forgotten dialect of the heart' holds this: "love, we say, god, we say, rome and michiko, we write, and the words get it all wrong." i don't think that that feeling that this piece exudes with will ever leave me. the flow, the ending, the full circle of this is how we feel and sometimes the words are not enough and that – that is my favorite kind of writing.
sadly only three pieces in this whole book really stuck out as something i'd like to read over and over, but those pieces are held in high regard in my heart. i'd like to revisit this collection again, and see if these pieces still reach to me in the same way, or if any new pieces become favorites.
sadly only three pieces in this whole book really stuck out as something i'd like to read over and over, but those pieces are held in high regard in my heart. i'd like to revisit this collection again, and see if these pieces still reach to me in the same way, or if any new pieces become favorites.
annemariewellswriter's review
3.0
Some poems were beautiful. Some poems were creepy toward women/girls.
Makes me grateful we are appreciating women and BIPOC poets more in modern poetry and letting white men take a back seat.
Makes me grateful we are appreciating women and BIPOC poets more in modern poetry and letting white men take a back seat.
haleyshealy's review
3.0
wondering if i don't understand poetry. there were a lot of parts I wanted to highlight because they sounded nice but i just don't know what any of it means to me or to the poet or what's trying to be said. eh.
thereadinghobbit's review
3.0
Once again I'm at a loss for words when I try to write about poetry. I can't pretend I really know enough about the technical side of writing poetry, to write an informed review, and can merely give my personal opinion. Most of the time the poems felt too full. Not necessarily too long, but rather as if the writer couldn't quite get at the point he wanted to make, and just tried to throw more words on the page in an attempt to reach the centre of a feeling, and then left it like that. It never really works, it makes a poem messy and murky. However, some poems did hit centre and knocked me down because their imagery was so vivid, and concise, it transports you directly into the feeling it's supposed to have. An example of this is the poem called Michiko Dead, or Married. But I also really liked Ghosts, and Amost Happy. Sometimes, as the saying goes, less is more.
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