Frameless Windows, Squares of Light: Poems

by Cathy Song

Poems deal with birth, parenthood, the past, the ocean, art, winter, China, travel, a treehouse, native tribes, nature, and mortality

Genres: Poetry

84 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

Reviews

[Edward Rathke · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this collection. It's made of rather long poems that are so full of feeling and memory and sensation.

I don't have a lot to say about it, really. It's fantastic and beautiful, the way I always think poetry should be.

[Michael · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these poems. They were comfortable poems (I mean that in a good way). They conjured a world, a life, that is often neglected in poetry (I think). They were poems about family…the truth of family, the imagination of family, the beauty and longevity of family. It was very, very good. Very rich. I felt wrapped in a soft blanket as I read many of these poems.

[Michael · Rating 4 out of 5]

I especially liked:
The Binding
Shadow Figures
The Vegetable Air
One Day

[Matt · Rating 1 out of 5]

Unremarkable. It commits the cardinal sin of any book - boring the reader. It reads like a stale memoir with little plot and less craft. It's not bad, but it's also no good. But it makes a fantastic cautionary tale for aspiring poets: like fortune, art favors the bold.