rtc, planning to do a reread when it pubs. i really liked this collection, felt a little like my skin was being peeled back and my insides examined byrtc, planning to do a reread when it pubs. i really liked this collection, felt a little like my skin was being peeled back and my insides examined by the author. it was harder than expected to sew myself back together, after....more
really well done! I think there was a little bloat in this one, not every poem felt necessary and some felt redundant, so I do prefer Bestiary over threally well done! I think there was a little bloat in this one, not every poem felt necessary and some felt redundant, so I do prefer Bestiary over this collection, but you can totally see how the author's style has grown and evolved. the intense poems were nicely interspersed with love poems for her wife, which was a. cute, and b. a good use of form. this has made me want to read more poetry.
poetry is hard to sum up, but this was a strong, honest collection of work about abuse and generational trauma using nature, mythology, and the author's own family and experiences.
cw for explicit child abuse, incest and mention of cocsa. ...more
a short and stunning poetry collection that on first read feels too short and on second read, feels like just enough. reading it for a second time aloa short and stunning poetry collection that on first read feels too short and on second read, feels like just enough. reading it for a second time along with the audiobook helped me string together the pieces of an interlocking narrative in a way that made the collection really come alive.
favorite lines from my favorite poems:
maymuun's mouth — "I imagined her hoisted by the waist // wearing stockings, learning to kiss with her new tongue"
beauty — "anything that leaves her mouth sounds like sex // our mother has banned her from saying God's name"
conversations about home — "no one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark" ...more
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