John Updike's first collection of verse since his Collected Poems, 1953-1993 brings together fifty-eight poems, three of them of considerabl...
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Apr 03, 2009
Emily
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Sat down to read a couple of poems to see what I thought. Next thing I knew, I was finished with the book. Loved. It. Somehow, unlike with most poetry collections, I found I could relate to almost every single one.
Sep 07, 2008
insomnius
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On the back of this book, Jay Parnini says "His poems reveal a fine intellect, as one might expect; they are genial, sophisticated ..."
I think Jay Parnini was more or less right, but this is exactly why I got very little out of these poems. Intellectual and clever, lots of five-dollar words, but for the most part very little heart and very little that I could latch onto. I could objectively appreciate the skill that went into crafting the poems; subjectively, they left me c
I think Jay Parnini was more or less right, but this is exactly why I got very little out of these poems. Intellectual and clever, lots of five-dollar words, but for the most part very little heart and very little that I could latch onto. I could objectively appreciate the skill that went into crafting the poems; subjectively, they left me c
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