A review by dessa
Let the Empire Down by Alexandra Oliver

3.0

This collection plays with more formal rhyme schemes than I'm used to - I can't remember the last time I picked up a book of rhyming poetry. That said, I think it won me over.

"and you, with nothing left to do but drive

toward the setting sun, your rosebud home,
the neighbours you can't fathom or forgive,
then up the stairs to the crib in the back room
containing something awful and alive."