“No one warned me that music will outlast / the moment it moves, that death and disappearance / are one” from “Dinner in the Diner”
Overall not my favor“No one warned me that music will outlast / the moment it moves, that death and disappearance / are one” from “Dinner in the Diner”
Perhaps if I spent more than a brief hour with this collection, I would appreciate the themes more. As it was, the poems felt rather repetitive. All tPerhaps if I spent more than a brief hour with this collection, I would appreciate the themes more. As it was, the poems felt rather repetitive. All the same, I’d like to read more from this poet.
Probably not the best introduction to Sarton. Not sure if it was the form or just the poems themselves I found hard to engage with. I think there was Probably not the best introduction to Sarton. Not sure if it was the form or just the poems themselves I found hard to engage with. I think there was skill & beauty here, but I had a hard time staying focused to see them.
Appreciated the notes before and after...but wished for more commentary on these fourth century poems from an Indian people group I am otherwise complAppreciated the notes before and after...but wished for more commentary on these fourth century poems from an Indian people group I am otherwise completely unfamiliar with. Although the translations are quite readable.
It takes a lot (a. lot.) to get me to give a poetry collection 5 stars, but I think this one deserves it. It also deserves more time than the few hourIt takes a lot (a. lot.) to get me to give a poetry collection 5 stars, but I think this one deserves it. It also deserves more time than the few hours I have it for this challenge...innumerable references were missed, but still the impact was not lost.
I saw “visceral” in another review. This collecting is a raw and gutting peek behind the curtain of grief.
“If only words / could represent thought in tI saw “visceral” in another review. This collecting is a raw and gutting peek behind the curtain of grief.
“If only words / could represent thought in the way a / microphone represents words.” from “Similes—”
Stunning descriptions. Admittedly a current take, but I have to confess wondering about Salvadoran poets who might have poetry of witness to offer for Stunning descriptions. Admittedly a current take, but I have to confess wondering about Salvadoran poets who might have poetry of witness to offer for their experiences.
“Your problem is not your life as it is / in America, not that your hands, as you / tell me, are tied to do something. It is / that you were born to an island of greed / and grace where you have this sense / of yourself as apart from others. It is / not your right to feel powerless. Better / people than you were powerless. / you have not returned to your country, / but to a life you never left.” from “Return”
“Spring / swishes across the mountains / with its suit / of breezes, / yellow flowers / pour gold fragrance / into the earth’s / old scars, / efrom #3
“Spring / swishes across the mountains / with its suit / of breezes, / yellow flowers / pour gold fragrance / into the earth’s / old scars, / everything’s moving / everything / in flight,”
Bought this for “You Can’t Have it All” (which I won’t excerpt, you’ll just have to read in its entirety) and enjoyed overall.
“gone with the way the mBought this for “You Can’t Have it All” (which I won’t excerpt, you’ll just have to read in its entirety) and enjoyed overall.
“gone with the way the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, / gone with afternoons a five year old could walk downtown to the library / alone and back, gone with key skates, three-speed bikes, gone with days / when children owned the streets.” from “Childhood”
This was a bit too raw for my taste. I appreciated some of the pieces, but for the most part felt some themes (explored repeatedly) were better suitedThis was a bit too raw for my taste. I appreciated some of the pieces, but for the most part felt some themes (explored repeatedly) were better suited to a journal.
The title rather gives it away. The profound, moving, and skillful poems within reek of death and dying. To know the end of Sexton’s story is to carryThe title rather gives it away. The profound, moving, and skillful poems within reek of death and dying. To know the end of Sexton’s story is to carry through these poems the bleak knowledge that the (few) moments questioning hope did not prevail.
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