Some poetry I‘ve read for #poetrymonth that is tortured because it didn‘t get to be Bejeweled when Goodreads did away with the 2023 Goodreads Choice poetry category.
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Some poetry I‘ve read for #poetrymonth that is tortured because it didn‘t get to be Bejeweled when Goodreads did away with the 2023 Goodreads Choice poetry category.
pickI liked this one. It‘s been really slow at work today, so I was able to finish it while here. Normally that‘s not an option, but it was a pretty cool perk today. I wish I‘d brought two books with me, because I‘ve still got hours to go! #poetry
pickI liked this, but it was a soft pick for me, and I don‘t think I will ever seek it out to reread it. If I‘d read this one of her books first, I wouldn‘t have been so quick to purchase five others. Ultimately, I don‘t think it was memorable. It‘s not a bad book of poems. It‘s not that. It‘s just that her other books were stronger. #poetry
#poetrymatters
#trauma
@TheSpineView
I've now learned after reading this poem that you can write an ode to anything. 😃
pickI picked this one up not knowing the author, but I see that he is well-regarded and it's my ignorance rather than his obscurity responsible for that lacuna.
The opening poems were striking and evocative. I thought there was something more ordinary about some of the middle poems, and while that's probably a personal reaction, it did give rise to some trepidation as I approached the final 21-page poem, The Grey and the Green, which fortunately ⬇️
