pturnbull's review
4.0
These are brilliant poems, very expressive, but written within formal poetic forms. The one that has captured my attention to the extent that I am now memorizing it is "The Mystery of Cigarettes," a series of haiku describing Wetzsteon's relationship with "gracious sticks." They are marbled with guilt and health concerns, but these poems absolutely nail the pleasure of smoking. My favorites of her other themes are the kind of devastating sorrow from love affairs gone wrong and her musings about autumn in the city. After checking this book out of the library numerous times, I finally realized that I simply had to possess this volume, so I ordered it yesterday.
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