ameliasbooks's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
ge9re's review against another edition
I read a good portion of it. It probably would been more helpful if my brain could process poetry
byemmabird's review against another edition
5.0
While I didn't connect with every poem, this is a collection that I will keep going back to over and over. It's a book that will sit with me in the middle of the night, and it always gives me what I need: sometimes it rages with me at the injustice of loss, other times it is melancholy with nostalgia for someone who will never make new memories, and yet still other times it is a comforting friend to cry with. Thank you, Kevin Young, for compiling such tender pieces to help us all walk through the darkness together.
kgawesome5's review against another edition
“...I imagine the earth when I am no more:
Nothing happens, no loss, it’s still a strange pageant,
Women’s dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley.
Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born,
Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.”
Czeslaw Milosz
Nothing happens, no loss, it’s still a strange pageant,
Women’s dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley.
Yet the books will be there on the shelves, well born,
Derived from people, but also from radiance, heights.”
Czeslaw Milosz
gbasil's review against another edition
4.0
I didn't love the last section, but overall it's a really good anthology.
"When grief comes to you like a purple gorilla,
you must count yourself lucky.
You must offer her what's left
of your dinner, the book you were trying to finish
you must put aside
and make her a place at the foot of your bed,
her eyes moving from the clock
to the television and back again."
Matthew Dickman
"When grief comes to you like a purple gorilla,
you must count yourself lucky.
You must offer her what's left
of your dinner, the book you were trying to finish
you must put aside
and make her a place at the foot of your bed,
her eyes moving from the clock
to the television and back again."
Matthew Dickman