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katscribefever's review
5.0
Holy ravioli. Alright. I was up the e.n.t.i.r.e. night reading through this start to finish. I've read the whole collection about three times in the last week or so, and my heart has swollen to three times its normal size. Why haven't more people in my life read Frank O'Hara? Seriously think I'm in love.
rj_readsbooks's review
5.0
Meditations in an Emergency is arguably O’Hara’s most famous collection of poetry, dealing with identity, love, and intimacy among daily life in late 50s New York City. It’s about finding a calm in the middle of a storm, and about being inside the storm. It’s about something inside of you being too big to keep hold of.
I brought this with me because, like all of O’Hara’s work, it’s like a conversation with a friend. I always know that I can sit down with Frank and he’ll hear me, and tell me what I need to hear.
I brought this with me because, like all of O’Hara’s work, it’s like a conversation with a friend. I always know that I can sit down with Frank and he’ll hear me, and tell me what I need to hear.
honorsenglishdropout's review
3.0
"But we do course together
like two battleships maneuvering away from the fleet.
I am moved by the multitudes of your intelligence
and sometimes, returning, I become the sea--
in love with your speed, your heaviness and breath."
like two battleships maneuvering away from the fleet.
I am moved by the multitudes of your intelligence
and sometimes, returning, I become the sea--
in love with your speed, your heaviness and breath."