Tangled Vines: A Collection of Mother and Daughter Poems

by Lyn [Editor] Lifshin

Collection of mother & daughter poetry edited by Lyn Lifshin. First paperback edition published by Beacon Press, 1978. Includes poetry by Anne Sexton, Shirley Kaufman, Diane Wakoski, Erica Jong, Marge Piercy, Sandra Hochman, Adrienne Rich, Sylvia Plath, Liv Ullman, Lyn Lifshin, and more

Genres: Poetry

95 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1978

Reviews

[Ellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

One of my all-time favorite anthologies of poetry.

[tiniszka · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was the first poetry collection I ever read and maybe it wasn't the best to start with, but it was nice to read one or two poems at a time during my classes or in the morning after getting up.
It shows all the different sides of the relationship between a mother and a daughter, but I was touched by exactly three poems out of 80. That's not so much and that's why I gave it only a B-.
But I have to repeat that the message behind the book gets cross to the reader perfectly, some poems were just too abstract to me.
While reading I found myself wanting to write a poem to my mother for Mother's Day, it's really inspiring and got me thinking a lot about my relationship to my Mum.
The poems show not only the good sides, but anger, misunderstandings, ignoration and fear and I want to share some inspiring thoughts with you.


"A woman is her mother. That's the main thing."

[Michele A.]

Liked this book very much. Would reccomend it