Jen Pearson's List

[Jen]

I finally have enough spare change to chip away at books that have been on my wishlist for years, most of which I learned about here. So there will be a lot of adding my opinion to already existing opinions in this space.

[Sarah]

Glad to hear it! Happy new year, Jen.

[Alarie]

I look forward to hearing more of your reviews, too.

[Jen]

1. Accepting the Disaster by Joshua Mehigan

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2. Paris Spleen by Charles Baudelaire

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3. Near Changes by Mona Van Duyn

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The Word Exchange: Anglo-Saxon Poems in Translation, ed. Greg Delanty and Michael Matto

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5. The Essential Gwendolyn Brooks, ed. Elizabeth Alexander

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6. Alternative Medicine by Rafael Campo

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7. The White Museum by George Bilgere

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8. The October Palace by Jane Hirschfield

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9. Selected Poems by Francis Ponge

[Jen]

I'm on a bit of a slow road with poetry these days. I'm slowly making my way through Basho: the Complete Haiku, but a slender volume of Anna Akhmatova will probably be my next review.

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10. Anna Akhmatova: Twenty Poems, trans. Jane Kenyon with Vera Sandomirsky Dunham

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11. Dog Songs by Mary Oliver

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12. Like a Beggar by Ellen Bass

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13. What Work Is by Philip Levine

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14. Basho: The Complete Haiku, trans. Jane Reichhold

15. Whereas by Layli Long Soldier


I'm on track to break my string of low poetry count years! Yay!

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16. The Hunger Moon by Marge Piercy

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17. What Big Girls Are Made Of by Marge Piercy
(reviewed in April but I forgot to add to my list!)

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18. Fall Risk by Cameron Morse

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19. Native Guard by Natasha Trethaway

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20. Seam by Tarfia Faizullah

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21. Refugia by Kyce Bello