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A review by anneliehyatt
Selected Poems by Frank O'Hara
3.0
Frank O'Hara is so tender. Reading poetry collections is always difficult for me, just as reading multiple books by the same author is, because usually my feelings about poems varies and I rarely like all of the poems in a collection (June Jordan's For Haruko and Richard Siken's Crush are the exception, if I want to be indulgent.)
Enough about me, though. My favorites of this collection are "Meditations in an Emergency," "Jane Awake," "To the Harbormaster," and "Sharing a Coke with You", but there are so many others that demonstrated O'Hara's tenderness for New York, his friends, and the world around him. I've loved Frank O'hara long before I read this collection, and he's personally one of my favorite poets to read -- many of these poems, though, simply didn't stand out. I guess that's expected with poetry collections though.
Enough about me, though. My favorites of this collection are "Meditations in an Emergency," "Jane Awake," "To the Harbormaster," and "Sharing a Coke with You", but there are so many others that demonstrated O'Hara's tenderness for New York, his friends, and the world around him. I've loved Frank O'hara long before I read this collection, and he's personally one of my favorite poets to read -- many of these poems, though, simply didn't stand out. I guess that's expected with poetry collections though.