I would have given this collection of poems a four or higher..... had certain things been different. While the writing was lovely, there were words, or rather images and ideas conjured up that don't exactly fit my way of thinking. I for one like my poetry PG 13 at most..... R for nakedness or sex.... not so much. So that's the reason for only 3 stars. When the poems were more mild, I loved them. Wonderful work, I'm just more conservative in my reading.