A review by niamhelizabethfennell
The Collected Poems of Frank O'Hara by Frank O'Hara

5.0

I’ve been reading his poems while I’ve been going through a period of mixed emotions. His words really do resonant with me and have inspired me during my own Creative process. “Having a coke with you” echoed my current feelings of pain and love, while “Why I am not a painter” reminded me, that to write authentically cannot be forced. So even if you set out to write about oranges, along the way you might find you’ve not even mentioned an orange (the fruit nor the colour) and O’Hara has taught me that this is just fine.