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A review by alexolotl_
Stag’s Leap by Sharon Olds
3.0
I’m not going to say that I didn’t enjoy this book, but I kind of also wish I hadn’t read these poems, at least not just yet.
Some poems are universal with a core that can touch almost any reader, these poems were so specifically written by a woman going through a divorce with her husband that I was aware that what they concerned and their deeper emotions were inaccessible to me. They didn’t overly affect me like most good poetry can do.
That isn’t to say it isn’t good, of course contemporary verse has its upsides and downsides but the imagery and use of natural and scientific language was beautiful. Some of the words conjured up interesting and captivating images with a strange ethereal real/grittiness but it was like I was only touched on one plane of existence.
Some poems are universal with a core that can touch almost any reader, these poems were so specifically written by a woman going through a divorce with her husband that I was aware that what they concerned and their deeper emotions were inaccessible to me. They didn’t overly affect me like most good poetry can do.
That isn’t to say it isn’t good, of course contemporary verse has its upsides and downsides but the imagery and use of natural and scientific language was beautiful. Some of the words conjured up interesting and captivating images with a strange ethereal real/grittiness but it was like I was only touched on one plane of existence.