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WanderingBookaneer
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Belatedly because Litsy didn‘t let me post the image last night.

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Bookwomble
Balladz | Sharon Olds
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Mehso-so

"Mostly interesting" is, I guess, damnation by faint praise, but it's the best I can muster. The COVID poems that start the collection were interesting accounts of an individual experience; the Dickinson homage poems left me ? and after the first couple, I skipped the rest. At times my mind drifted, and I felt little inclination to re-read. The sections about her childhood abuse were affecting as testimony, but not so moving as poetry, as was ⬇️

Bookwomble ... the case for the final section on bereavement and terminal illness. Olds is raw and candid, which I understand is a hallmark of her work, and this for me lifted it to a so-so rather than a pan, but I won't be revisiting this collection. 15h
willaful She's one of my favorite poets but this was so-so for me too. I did relate a lot to her poems about being privileged during 2020. 15h
Bookwomble @willaful Other reviews from people who know her work better than me (this is my first book by Olds) seem to concur that her earlier poetry is better. I did find the COVID poems more interesting, perhaps as it's a shared experience. I certainly wouldn't actively discourage others from reading this collection, but it didn't grab me as much as I'd hoped it would. 15h
willaful @Bookwomble It was definitely more accessible to me.

This is my favorite poem by her: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/47057/i-go-back-to-may-1937
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Bookwomble
Balladz | Sharon Olds
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"How much longer can I live without touch?
It's a sweet sentence, that at 75
'I'm between boyfriends,'
and maybe in a way I'm like a crone goddess, ish,
the Sun-Kissed Matron in gray braids,
holding my tray out to you, chest-
high, rich with night-dark California raisins."

- 5 O'Clockface

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AnishaInkspill
Winter Trees | Sylvia Plath
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@Eggs #majicmonday

for me it's winter trees, I also like them in summer but in winter there is much promise of what's to come

Eggs Lovely🌳 Thanks for participating 🥰 1d
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lil1inblue
In the Salt Marsh: Poems | Nancy Willard
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dabbe L❄️VERLY. 🩵❄️🩵 2d
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Kiwidragonnerd
The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Mehso-so

🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑 This book was good, but not great. I think I understand why we read it for class, because it has a lot of symbolism and character references in the story. It's not really my kind of thing, but I appreciate the literature and I'm glad I read it. I will say that it is a nightmare reading this in a class of HS Juniors. #catsoflitsy

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bunneeboy
Last Exit to Brooklyn | Hubert Selby Jr.
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Pickpick

Is everybody happy?

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Loanne
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Pickpick

Billy Pilgrim is a hapless, helpless soldier in WWII. He witnesses horrendous acts of violence and the destruction of Dresden. He survives to return to home just to be abducted by aliens. The story is conveyed through glimpses of his life as he is bouncing around the timeline. Using dark humor and an underlying sadness, there is a poignant story to be pieced together. This is a short and interesting book and is well worth reading.