A review by onamoonbeam
Civil Service: Poems by Claire Schwartz

reflective slow-paced

1.25

I haven't read a lot of poetry but I can safely say this is the collection I've enjoyed the least. There are like 3? out of over 20 poems in here I can solidly say I like (apples, at night the censor watches his wife tuck his children into bed). I even met the author over Zoom and she was just as dull as recordings of her are. There's the expression of 'oh writers will sometimes include themes or connections that they themselves aren't aware of' but when one's whole book is guesswork. girl.