A review by jarrigy
Birthday Letters by Ted Hughes

3.5

Best poems: 18 Rugby Street, Drawing, 55 Eltisley, 9 Willow Street, Stubbing Wharfe, Robbing Myself

A kind of wild place to begin with the Hughes/Plath legacy, but inconsistent as the collection may be at points, the best poems here have a good habit of invoking deep psychological shock and sadness.