A review by davenash
The Death Notebooks, by Anne Sexton
5.0
I enjoyed this better than The Book of Folly and felt it was more transformation and mature than Love Poems or Live or Die.
The Death Note Books ends with a strong string of poems - Jesus Walks, Mary's Song, Hurry Up Please it Time were my three favorite. O Ye Tounges feels like an outro / coda.
Likewise the collection starts with some excellent poems - Gods, Making A Living, and For Mister Death.
"To Pray, Jesus Knew, is to be a man carrying a man"
My favorite line.
The Death Note Books ends with a strong string of poems - Jesus Walks, Mary's Song, Hurry Up Please it Time were my three favorite. O Ye Tounges feels like an outro / coda.
Likewise the collection starts with some excellent poems - Gods, Making A Living, and For Mister Death.
"To Pray, Jesus Knew, is to be a man carrying a man"
My favorite line.