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makennadykstra's review against another edition
3.0
highlights:
“he will run on the glitter of wet streets once more” (yes he will!!!)
“the yellow rose will turn to cinder / and New York City will fall in / before we are done so hold me / my young dear, hold me” lesbian rapunzel?
“his dancing stick” lol
“where is the moral? / not all knives are for / stabbing the exposed belly. / rock climbs on rock / and it only makes a seashore.”
“never / again would their hair be tangled into diamonds, / never again their shoes worn down to a laugh, / never the bed falling down into purgatory / to let them climb in after / with their Lucifer kicking” simply iconic to read my favorite childhood barbie movie in poetry form
“he will run on the glitter of wet streets once more” (yes he will!!!)
“the yellow rose will turn to cinder / and New York City will fall in / before we are done so hold me / my young dear, hold me” lesbian rapunzel?
“his dancing stick” lol
“where is the moral? / not all knives are for / stabbing the exposed belly. / rock climbs on rock / and it only makes a seashore.”
“never / again would their hair be tangled into diamonds, / never again their shoes worn down to a laugh, / never the bed falling down into purgatory / to let them climb in after / with their Lucifer kicking” simply iconic to read my favorite childhood barbie movie in poetry form
melissaolearyyy's review against another edition
5.0
The most amazing, beautifully written, heart-touching, book of poetry I have ever read. Just spectacular.
mgsl's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
lizswartz's review
in my poetry era to see if i like it. this was kinda fun bc they involved fairy tales. not sure if i understood everything tho
tomhill's review against another edition
3.0
The second half of this collection is much stronger than the first, which feels more like standard retellings of the fairy tales. The second half contains retellings that incorporate more of Sexton's confessional style and poetic language. From "Red Riding Hood":
"Those two remembering
nothing naked and brutal
from that little death,
that little birth,
from their going down
and their lifting up."
"Those two remembering
nothing naked and brutal
from that little death,
that little birth,
from their going down
and their lifting up."