so-so"Mostly interesting" is, I guess, damnation by faint praise, but it's the best I can muster. The COVID poems that start the collection were interesting accounts of an individual experience; the Dickinson homage poems left me ? and after the first couple, I skipped the rest. At times my mind drifted, and I felt little inclination to re-read. The sections about her childhood abuse were affecting as testimony, but not so moving as poetry, as was ⬇️
"How much longer can I live without touch?
It's a sweet sentence, that at 75
'I'm between boyfriends,'
and maybe in a way I'm like a crone goddess, ish,
the Sun-Kissed Matron in gray braids,
holding my tray out to you, chest-
high, rich with night-dark California raisins."
- 5 O'Clockface
"...my taxes are spent, by the orange
cockatoo in the White Man House,
on bailing out bankers."
I think Sharon and I will be getting on ok together ?
Two books I'm starting today: Symphonies for the Soul is a classical music "pharmacy" linking musical pieces to mental health issues, which will probably be a book I'll slowly consume into next year.
The tagged book is Olds' poetry collection about aging during the COVID era - at least that's what I think it is. I've not previously read her work, so unsure if this is a good introduction.
A new book of poetry by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Sharon Olds.Poetry about the pandemic about the realities of life today.
Balladz | 
This is my favorite poem by her: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47057/i-go-back-to-may-1937 5d