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nick_jenkins's review against another edition
5.0
I love all of Glück's work but this one particularly.
julienbakerstan69's review against another edition
4.0
“my mother wants to know
why, if i hate
family so much,
i went ahead and
had one. i don’t
answer my mother.
what i hated
was being a child,
having no choice about
the people i loved.
i don’t love my son
the way i meant to love him.
i thought i’d be
the lover of orchids who finds
red trillium growing
in the pine shade and doesn’t
touch it, doesn’t need
to possess it. what i am
is the scientist,
who comes to that flower
with a magnifying glass
and doesn’t leave, though
the sun burns a brown
circle of grass around
the flower. which is
more or less the way
my mother loved me.
i must learn
to forgive my mother,
now that i’m helpless
to spare my son.”
—brown circle
why, if i hate
family so much,
i went ahead and
had one. i don’t
answer my mother.
what i hated
was being a child,
having no choice about
the people i loved.
i don’t love my son
the way i meant to love him.
i thought i’d be
the lover of orchids who finds
red trillium growing
in the pine shade and doesn’t
touch it, doesn’t need
to possess it. what i am
is the scientist,
who comes to that flower
with a magnifying glass
and doesn’t leave, though
the sun burns a brown
circle of grass around
the flower. which is
more or less the way
my mother loved me.
i must learn
to forgive my mother,
now that i’m helpless
to spare my son.”
—brown circle
bluengreyg's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
This one's for the oldest daughters with both daddy and mommy issues!! Every single poem hurt and hugged me.
stimose's review against another edition
5.0
Kräver vidare reflektion. Kommer läsa om den och förmodligen utveckla mina tankar mer andra gången jag läser den
cecireda's review against another edition
This was the best one of hers I've read till now. Really great
merchantivory's review against another edition
like adam,
i was the firstborn.
believe me, you never heal,
you never forget the ache in your side,
the place where something was taken away
to make another person
i was the firstborn.
believe me, you never heal,
you never forget the ache in your side,
the place where something was taken away
to make another person
rhysecakes's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
4.5
perhaps too relatable at times
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death and Death of parent
Minor: Self harm, Suicide, and Suicide attempt