A review by jjlynne
Stag's Leap by Sharon Olds

3.0

This collection weighs on the heart, whether or not one has experienced such a loss of love. While several of the poems provoke the reader with intruiging images and metaphors, others read like raw journal pages and seem to lack in some way Olds' usual sharpness. I imagine it was difficult to put such emotion into words, which is why the editing filter of a poetic voice is lost in several of the poems, but this book is certainly worth a read, as the better of the poems are brilliant.