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williamsangm's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
lllayluh's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
I bought this collection at the start of the year after having it on my list for quite some time. Some of the poems I was familiar with, but different to read them amidst the pages of poems I had never seen or heard before. Truly a brilliant collection, the love she speaks of if palpable, what it would be like to be the individual referenced in any one of these pieces.
“These poems
they are things that I do
in the dark
reaching for you
whoever you are
and are you ready?” (p. 129)
“These poems
they are things that I do
in the dark
reaching for you
whoever you are
and are you ready?” (p. 129)
gaybf's review against another edition
4.0
lines + whole poems I liked
- alternating trustful lust with lyrical delirium
- Oh! If you would only walk
into this room
again and touch me anywhere
I swear - All because it hurt so much
to think about you hurt - And I do.
I ride these tracks to meet you: - agitant against a loneliness as unmistakable
as thirst or sex - Your voice
breaks very close to me my love. - Roman Poem Number Fourteen
- and
slowly closer
slowly
closer
kissing
inch by inch - I am amazed by peace
It is this possibility of you
asleep
and breathing in the quiet air - I would risk ticks
and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
stop smoking
give up the car and the VCR
destabilize my bank account
floss before as well as after meals
and unilaterally disarm my telephone connection
other (possible) lovers
if
we could walk into the mountains then
come home again
together - And I know that is probably true
of his life of our love not to begin
not to end not be ugly or fine
But there is this history of once
when his hands and the length of his legs
came suddenly
to claim me all
bone and flesh forcing away
the wall and the image of the wall
in one
fast meeting of amazement
And that was another year and somewhere
else - but I watch for your words any changing
of your head
from a deadspot in the darkness
to a face
and finally you move
'I have to get in touch with
some other people'
you say
after so much silence
and I do not move
and
you leave. - never having hoped for anyone (a bebop-
antelope) like you
so quietly impertinent and teasing
it was 4 a.m. the first time
when we stopped the conversation
And long before my face lay nestling on the hotel
pillows/well
I knew
whoever the hell 'my people'
are
I knew that one of them
is you - After All Is Said And Done
- On a New Year's Eve
- You Came with Shells
(excerpt)
You came with shells. And left them:
shells.
They lay beautiful on the table.
Now they lie on my desk
peculiar
extraordinary under 60 watts. - Maybe I need a woman
a woman be so well you know so wifelike
so more or less motherly so listening so much
the universal skin you love to touch and who the
closer she gets to you the better she looks to me/
somebody
say yes and make me laugh and tell me she know she
been there she spit bullets at my enemies she say you
need to sail around Alaska fuck it all try this new
cerebral tea and take a long bath
Maybe I need a man
a man be so well you know so manly so lifelike
so more or less virile so sure so much the deep
voice of opinion and the shoulders like a window
seat and cheeks so closely shaven by a twin-edged
razor blade no oily hair and no dandruff besides/
somebody say yes and make
me laugh and tell me he know he been there he spit
bullets at my enemies he say you need to sail around
Alaska fuck it all and take a long bath - it's about the) grace chimerical
rising of your own and secret eyes to surprise
and to surprise
and to surprise
me - I train my eyes to see
what I am suffering
not to touch - INFORMATION
WAS
NOT AVAILABLE
THE POOR
OF RESSINI
REFUSE
TO COOPERATE
WITH AUTHORITIES
virocaan_'s review against another edition
5.0
no me gustaron todos los poemas pero solo por los que me gustaron se merece 5 estrellas :p
karensbooklog's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
slow-paced
4.5
'still i am burning unconditional and true
still i am burning unconditional for you'
june jordan might be an all-timer guys...
favs: update, resolution #1,003, poem for my love, roman poem number nine, on a new year's eve, free flight, roman poem number five
still i am burning unconditional for you'
june jordan might be an all-timer guys...
favs: update, resolution #1,003, poem for my love, roman poem number nine, on a new year's eve, free flight, roman poem number five