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darrellreads2much's review against another edition
5.0
Millay's poetry does the rare thing among early Bohemian modernists, and that is present a love of nature that rivals that of the Romantics. Absent from this collection is Millay's best work, her sonnets, yet it is the lustful moments here that jump to one the most, as she misses the ocean in the rush of a river, the body of a lover in the petals of a flower. Second April is an achingly organic depiction of a soul at the cusp of an age where the organic is epitomized by a "madman shaking a dead geranium," in all that soul's wilting beauty.
jenmcgee's review against another edition
5.0
I'm never exactly sure how to rate a book of poetry. Obviously not all of these poems are equal, and some are even mundane, but surely any book that includes "Elegy Before Death" and "And you as well must die, beloved dust" (two of my favorite poems of grief ever) must merit five stars purely on those two poems alone.
ilse's review against another edition
5.0
Wild Swans
I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over.
And what did I see I had not seen before?
Only a question less or a question more;
Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying.
Tiresome heart, forever living and dying,
House without air, I leave you and lock your door.
Wild swans, come over the town, come over
The town again, trailing your legs and crying!
Group IX/SUW, No. 1. The Swan, No.1, by Hilma af Klint.
I looked in my heart while the wild swans went over.
And what did I see I had not seen before?
Only a question less or a question more;
Nothing to match the flight of wild birds flying.
Tiresome heart, forever living and dying,
House without air, I leave you and lock your door.
Wild swans, come over the town, come over
The town again, trailing your legs and crying!
Group IX/SUW, No. 1. The Swan, No.1, by Hilma af Klint.
katiemichellereads's review against another edition
3.0
Some of these I loved, and some I didn't. Towards the beginning I expected to like this more, but it is in the middle for me.
adamcarrico91's review against another edition
5.0
“Oh, there will pass with your great passing
Little of beauty not your own,—
Only the light from common water,
Only the grace from simple stone!”
I don’t love every poem in this set, but the highs are so high that it’s a must-read.
Little of beauty not your own,—
Only the light from common water,
Only the grace from simple stone!”
I don’t love every poem in this set, but the highs are so high that it’s a must-read.
swordsmithing's review against another edition
3.0
3.5/5 stars
Pretty solid poetry collection, particularly the poems "April" and "The Poet and His Book."
Stranger, pause and look;
From the dust of ages
Lift this little book,
Turn the tattered pages,
Read me, do not let me die!
Search the fading letters, finding
Steadfast in the broken binding
All that once was I!
Pretty solid poetry collection, particularly the poems "April" and "The Poet and His Book."
Stranger, pause and look;
From the dust of ages
Lift this little book,
Turn the tattered pages,
Read me, do not let me die!
Search the fading letters, finding
Steadfast in the broken binding
All that once was I!
v_iaggio's review against another edition
4.0
This has some real gems. I love returning to this collection occasionally, like checking in with an old friend.