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pattydsf's review against another edition
3.0
I STOP WRITING THE POEM
to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.
I bring the arms of his shirt
together. Nothing can stop
our tenderness. I'll get back
to the poem. I'll get back to being
a woman. But for now
there's a shirt, a giant shirt
in my hands, and somewhere a small girl
standing next to her mother
watching to see how it's done. p. 64
I have known of this poem for Gallagher for awhile. I had no idea, until I picked up this collection, that she had written it after her husband died. For me, there is added poignancy now to her words. I am not sure I would have any words if my husband had died.
This whole collection is wonderful. I had to read the poems slowly and over and over again, but that is me, not Gallagher. Her words are so carefully chosen and so beautiful.
April is National Poetry month. I should have gotten to more poetry, but time got away from me. At least I read these poems. If you haven't read Gallagher, I highly recommend her.
to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.
I bring the arms of his shirt
together. Nothing can stop
our tenderness. I'll get back
to the poem. I'll get back to being
a woman. But for now
there's a shirt, a giant shirt
in my hands, and somewhere a small girl
standing next to her mother
watching to see how it's done. p. 64
I have known of this poem for Gallagher for awhile. I had no idea, until I picked up this collection, that she had written it after her husband died. For me, there is added poignancy now to her words. I am not sure I would have any words if my husband had died.
This whole collection is wonderful. I had to read the poems slowly and over and over again, but that is me, not Gallagher. Her words are so carefully chosen and so beautiful.
April is National Poetry month. I should have gotten to more poetry, but time got away from me. At least I read these poems. If you haven't read Gallagher, I highly recommend her.
david_b_clark's review against another edition
5.0
An absolute treasure. Tess Gallagher breaks your heart by drawing out the emotion and damage her own has withstood after Raymond Carver’s passing. Beautifully paced, elegantly destructive; these poems make you slow down, think about the ordinary touches of meaning which explode into what it is to love someone. They wrap you loosely, providing warmth with brisk, stiff rips of the coldest air.
poetry_shaman's review against another edition
4.0
Moon Crossing Bridge is a collection about lost love, grief, and moving forward. The book is filled with poems about the author's late husband and the poems written feel like the poet's way of processing her loss. The poems in this collection is full of beautiful lyrics and confessional forms. Gallagher is so good and weaving metaphors together in single poems and then using them again throughout the book. The most prominent example of this is the moon (a symbol or romance) that keeps appearing as the speaker travels. Though there are some jaw dropping poems in this collection (especially the fourth section and in Japan) there often seem to be too many poems about lost love... and maybe it would be better to experience this collection in pieces instead of all at once.
Things I liked~
*I think the lyric of the poems are so strong and they are what kept me moving through the book even though the subject matter felt repetitive.
*The Japan poems are so beautiful and I flew through the section.
*I love the continuous image of the moon and moonlight following the speaker.
*The final poems are a good way to end the collection with moving forward and acceptance.
Things I didn't like as much~
*I felt the book was a bit slow without a lot of diversity.
Overall - 4.5/5
Things I liked~
*I think the lyric of the poems are so strong and they are what kept me moving through the book even though the subject matter felt repetitive.
*The Japan poems are so beautiful and I flew through the section.
*I love the continuous image of the moon and moonlight following the speaker.
*The final poems are a good way to end the collection with moving forward and acceptance.
Things I didn't like as much~
*I felt the book was a bit slow without a lot of diversity.
Overall - 4.5/5
pattydsf's review
3.0
I STOP WRITING THE POEM
to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.
I bring the arms of his shirt
together. Nothing can stop
our tenderness. I'll get back
to the poem. I'll get back to being
a woman. But for now
there's a shirt, a giant shirt
in my hands, and somewhere a small girl
standing next to her mother
watching to see how it's done. p. 64
I have known of this poem for Gallagher for awhile. I had no idea, until I picked up this collection, that she had written it after her husband died. For me, there is added poignancy now to her words. I am not sure I would have any words if my husband had died.
This whole collection is wonderful. I had to read the poems slowly and over and over again, but that is me, not Gallagher. Her words are so carefully chosen and so beautiful.
April is National Poetry month. I should have gotten to more poetry, but time got away from me. At least I read these poems. If you haven't read Gallagher, I highly recommend her.
to fold the clothes. No matter who lives
or who dies, I'm still a woman.
I'll always have plenty to do.
I bring the arms of his shirt
together. Nothing can stop
our tenderness. I'll get back
to the poem. I'll get back to being
a woman. But for now
there's a shirt, a giant shirt
in my hands, and somewhere a small girl
standing next to her mother
watching to see how it's done. p. 64
I have known of this poem for Gallagher for awhile. I had no idea, until I picked up this collection, that she had written it after her husband died. For me, there is added poignancy now to her words. I am not sure I would have any words if my husband had died.
This whole collection is wonderful. I had to read the poems slowly and over and over again, but that is me, not Gallagher. Her words are so carefully chosen and so beautiful.
April is National Poetry month. I should have gotten to more poetry, but time got away from me. At least I read these poems. If you haven't read Gallagher, I highly recommend her.