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allisonncrow's review against another edition
3.0
Yes I did start reading this because Gracie Abrams recommended it in a YouTube video, why do you ask???
Anyways I've never read a collection of poems before, and these were good? I think? Idk I'm not a poetry girlie. I liked a lot of these though!
Anyways I've never read a collection of poems before, and these were good? I think? Idk I'm not a poetry girlie. I liked a lot of these though!
herttajaako's review against another edition
4.0
En yleensä lue runoja niin mun on pakko myöntää et luin tän koska Gracie Abrams sano jossain haastattelussa et tää on sen lemppari. Tällä kertaa oikeesti mietin niitä runoja tarkemmin enkä vaan kahlannut läpi niinkuin yleensä tekisin. Mun mielestä tää kokoelma oli hyvin valittu ja kirjoitus tosi kaunista. Monet oli aika uskonnollisia joten en voinut kauheesti samaistua. Tykkäsin kuitenkin ja haluun alkaa lukee enemmän runoja. :)
(Mun lemppari oli For the sake of strangers)
(Mun lemppari oli For the sake of strangers)
342718's review against another edition
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
idk whats the deal between cillian murphy and nolan but this man seems to have the same thing with robert bly
pattydsf's review against another edition
4.0
For The Sake Of Strangers
No matter what the grief, its weight,
we are obliged to carry it.
We rise and gather momentum, the dull strength
that pushes us through crowds.
And then the young boy gives me directions
so avidly. A woman holds the glass door open,
waits patiently for my empty body to pass through.
All day it continues, each kindness
reaching toward another – a stranger
singing to no one as I pass on the path, trees
offering their blossoms, a retarded child
who lifts his almond eyes and smiles.
Somehow they always find me, seem even
to be waiting, determined to keep me
from myself, from the thing that calls to me
as it must have once called to them –
this temptation to step off the edge
and fall weightless, away from the world.
by Dorianne Laux
I am grateful to Housden for his collections of poetry. This is the second one I have read and I would like to read the rest. He always introduces me to new poems and poets. Also he usually includes poems that I already know – however the context of his collections helps me to see those poems more clearly.
In this collection, Housden included A Blessing by James Wright and I Thank You by e. e. cummings. It was good to see these both again along with other favorites.
If you don’t read poetry, I would urge you to try again. I know that many of us have had teachers who meant well, but who taught us that poetry is hard and we need to work to understand what the poet meant. Instead of working, I read poems out loud, slowly. If they hit a nerve or make me happy, I might read them again. If not, then I move on the next one. I know that not every poem is for every reader.
Housden’s collections lend themselves to slow, contemplative readings. I will be visiting with this book again. I hope other readers will try it.
No matter what the grief, its weight,
we are obliged to carry it.
We rise and gather momentum, the dull strength
that pushes us through crowds.
And then the young boy gives me directions
so avidly. A woman holds the glass door open,
waits patiently for my empty body to pass through.
All day it continues, each kindness
reaching toward another – a stranger
singing to no one as I pass on the path, trees
offering their blossoms, a retarded child
who lifts his almond eyes and smiles.
Somehow they always find me, seem even
to be waiting, determined to keep me
from myself, from the thing that calls to me
as it must have once called to them –
this temptation to step off the edge
and fall weightless, away from the world.
by Dorianne Laux
I am grateful to Housden for his collections of poetry. This is the second one I have read and I would like to read the rest. He always introduces me to new poems and poets. Also he usually includes poems that I already know – however the context of his collections helps me to see those poems more clearly.
In this collection, Housden included A Blessing by James Wright and I Thank You by e. e. cummings. It was good to see these both again along with other favorites.
If you don’t read poetry, I would urge you to try again. I know that many of us have had teachers who meant well, but who taught us that poetry is hard and we need to work to understand what the poet meant. Instead of working, I read poems out loud, slowly. If they hit a nerve or make me happy, I might read them again. If not, then I move on the next one. I know that not every poem is for every reader.
Housden’s collections lend themselves to slow, contemplative readings. I will be visiting with this book again. I hope other readers will try it.
jbogerhawkins's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
2.75
this was alright, i would have liked a wider range of poets and a tighter theme for the collection.