A review by terhangus
Bone Map: Poems by Sara Eliza Johnson

4.0

i've been wanting to read this collection since 2015 & i can't believe i finally got the chance to do so, with it being flipped over by my own hands. i must say that while there were lines & poems that really tugged on my gut, i felt as if the imagery wasn't for me? i can see how gorgeous they are, though - it just wasn't my taste. it didn't grab me they way it would grab another. and that's completely fine - i'm happy with the poems that i will keep in my chest forever.

(i was sent an autographed copy by the poet herself for my birthday & this book will forever be yet another reminder of how unbearably kind humans are)

favorites: märchen / me tangere / rapture / parable of the flood / archipelago: the paradise of birds / instructions for wintering on the ice field / how the world was made (absolute favorite)