compass_rose's review
2.0
I read this when it came out, but for some reason I took it off the shelf again and am re-reading. It's poetry, and quick-read poetry at that, so it's like an interlude until I chose my next novel.
Feb 5: Not my favorite Walker book. Only two of the poems really stood out for me. The better of these was "Grace."
Feb 5: Not my favorite Walker book. Only two of the poems really stood out for me. The better of these was "Grace."
rather_b_reading's review
This is the third Alice Walker poetry book that I have tried. Just not clicking with her poetry.
lagobond's review
1.0
So I love Alice Walker's prose, but
Splitting sentences
Into
Multiple lines
Does
Not
A poem make.
***
This was a disappointment. It honestly feels like the stuff I wrote in high school, when I thought myself all worldly and grown-up, except I had already developed enough self-awareness to know that my "poems" weren't fit to share with the world.
Splitting sentences
Into
Multiple lines
Does
Not
A poem make.
***
This was a disappointment. It honestly feels like the stuff I wrote in high school, when I thought myself all worldly and grown-up, except I had already developed enough self-awareness to know that my "poems" weren't fit to share with the world.