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A review by brice_mo
Lunch Poems by Frank O'Hara
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.