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mmiski's review
emotional
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
3.5
Some of the poems are beautiful - he's clearly a gifted poet. Didn't care massively for some of the commentary on race and travel - feel like it's more than dated.
finalgirlfall's review
3.0
i liked his poems that weren't included in this collection better, honestly.
casparb's review
I felt in the mood for this today it's been years there are so few postwar American (male) poets who seem to have magically resurfaced and swayed the poetry of today specifically the past five years. It's a fascinating subjectless poetry that love is
curriedpeas's review
oh god it's wonderful
to get out of bed
and drink too much coffee
and smoke too many cigarette
and love you so much
babywithanipad's review
5.0
I am absolutely in love with this collection of poetry. It is the kind of poetry that makes me want to write and write better than I ever had. This is the effortless type of poetry that I am willing to talk about in a Modern Poetry class week after week.
brice_mo's review
3.0
It's interesting to read this book in the era of internet caption culture.
There's very little substance to these poems, and there's nothing particularly special about them either.
In a way, though, that's what makes them worthwhile. O'Hara merely turns his affectionate attention to the people and places surrounding him, and he never ascribes symbolic significance to any of it.
One gets the sense that his friends and lovers were just his friends and lovers. They are never reduced to poetic devices, which is sweet and celebratory in its own way.
There's very little substance to these poems, and there's nothing particularly special about them either.
In a way, though, that's what makes them worthwhile. O'Hara merely turns his affectionate attention to the people and places surrounding him, and he never ascribes symbolic significance to any of it.
One gets the sense that his friends and lovers were just his friends and lovers. They are never reduced to poetic devices, which is sweet and celebratory in its own way.