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blairmahoney's review
5.0
I absolutely loved this collection of poetry. Wilson is a tremendously talented poet and her subject matter is wide-ranging and completely absorbing. Many of the poems are very witty and there's a real sense of joy in language on display here.
athenamatisse's review
5.0
Video review to come ~
Fave Poems (almost all of them...)
-Tricoteuses
-The Specifics of Shipwrecks
-Tchaikovsky's Tchotchkes
-Blackbirds En Masse (fave)
-Ars Moriendi
-Socrates Took Hemlock
-Trotsky's Last Words
-Griswold, on his Deathbed
-The Heads of Holofernes
-Persephone Goes to Night School
-Lear Jet
-Lyudmilla Pavlichenko, From the Orchard
-Ice
-Vesuvian Dog
Still to read: Moon-face in the Blitz
Fave Poems (almost all of them...)
-Tricoteuses
-The Specifics of Shipwrecks
-Tchaikovsky's Tchotchkes
-Blackbirds En Masse (fave)
-Ars Moriendi
-Socrates Took Hemlock
-Trotsky's Last Words
-Griswold, on his Deathbed
-The Heads of Holofernes
-Persephone Goes to Night School
-Lear Jet
-Lyudmilla Pavlichenko, From the Orchard
-Ice
-Vesuvian Dog
Still to read: Moon-face in the Blitz
georgiarybanks's review
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
3.0
My favourite poems were:
- The Specifics of Shipwrecks;
- Lear Jet;
- Rapunzel's Hair: Some other uses; and
- Vesuvian Dog
All the poems had a fabulous rhythm and sound great when read out loud.
I must admit that a lot of the poems went right over my head though. There were references to famous artworks, classical mythology and literary characters that I couldn't always follow.
- The Specifics of Shipwrecks;
- Lear Jet;
- Rapunzel's Hair: Some other uses; and
- Vesuvian Dog
All the poems had a fabulous rhythm and sound great when read out loud.
I must admit that a lot of the poems went right over my head though. There were references to famous artworks, classical mythology and literary characters that I couldn't always follow.
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