abetterjulie's review
2.0
I was a bit disappointed. I expected his body of work to resemble my favorite poem of his, "Apology For Bad Dreams". I was not anticipating long slogs through what could have been short stories, but which lacked the fire and sting of his shorter pieces. I didn't care for any of the long works, and there are many of them.
I have a morning ritual where I drink my coffee and tweet passages of poetry. The phrases that bring an inhalation of awe, the descriptions that ring clearly, and the thoughts which open up a new perspective. This volume did not have as many of those drops of wonder as I had hoped.
I own the book, so I can always go back through someday and try to chew those longer pieces until they can be swallowed more easily.
I have a morning ritual where I drink my coffee and tweet passages of poetry. The phrases that bring an inhalation of awe, the descriptions that ring clearly, and the thoughts which open up a new perspective. This volume did not have as many of those drops of wonder as I had hoped.
I own the book, so I can always go back through someday and try to chew those longer pieces until they can be swallowed more easily.
debs71d4e's review
4.0
Took me awhile to get through this one. I loved all the sea imagery and the wildness in many of these poems. "The House Dog's Grave" is the only poem to have ever made me cry. Jeffers' misanthropy and pessimism was of such a nature that it is more comforting than off-putting for me. There are a couple of poems in this collection that I will undoubtedly return to again and again.
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