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“I love Dickinson's poetry. It seems she was an odd person, which is perhaps why I admire her so.”
Julie A wrote this review Saturday, February 4, 2012. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“I didn't know I even liked poetry until I read these.”
Book Phantom wrote this review Wednesday, October 12, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Utterly brilliant.
Niklas Pivic wrote this review Friday, October 8, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
Although it's marked by time - and what really isn't? - in a way which isn't my marred, modern cup of tea, the sheer potency of Dickinson's language, rhythm, coinage of words and non-rhymes win me over completely, and take me to another level totally.
I shan't say more on the poetry itself, but the imagery painted is sharp, veering from "the usual" in a way that has lived for more than a hundred years and will continue living forever, I'm sure.
While this collection does not contain all of her poems, it is annotated with short sentences on names, places and references, e.g. to passages from the christian bible and other poets.
This collection's only real flaw: it's too short.”
“The interesting perspective of a 1800's recluse is only one way to describe the poems of Emily Dickinson. The other ways vary but revolve around "poetic genius". Dickinson writes poems that rhyme, mock society or widespread beliefs, reflect her own beliefs, and are sometimes just a depiction of things going on around her. The deceitfully insightful poems keep you reading and thinking about life, death, romance, nature, and strangely a lot about bumble bees. "'T is so much joy, 'T is so much joy" to read these poems.”
Limi wrote this review Tuesday, October 5, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“..the MAJOR downside of this book is that it doesn't stay true to Emily's infamous dashes and "inappropriate" punctuation...to be honest I'm still learning to read old English writing, but i think I'm getting the hang of it..that's my only complaint...Emily's love and passion seeps through her writing like when you take a bite out of a peach for the first time and juice drizzles down your chin. Her poems reach so far into your heart that after a while of reading just ONE poems, your chest hurts and you need to recuperate, just from the sheer beauty of the poem...highly recommended but takes a while to learn the style of writing for beginners”
H.L.P. Ms Nose In A Book wrote this review Sunday, October 9, 2011. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“Fantasic and amazing!”
Nick B wrote this review Thursday, May 20, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“”I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,
Mirugirl wrote this review Friday, April 30, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
And Mourners to and fro
Kept treading - treading - till it seemed
That Sense was breaking through -
And when they all were seated,
A Service, like a Drum -
Kept beating - beating - till I thought
My Mind was going numb -
And then I heard them lift a Box
And creak across my Soul
With those same Boots of Lead, again,
Then Space - began to toll,
As all the Heavens were a Bell,
And Being, but an Ear,
And I, and Silence, some strange Race
Wrecked, solitary, here -
And then a Plank in Reason, broke,
And I dropped down, and down -
And hit a World, at every plunge,
And Finished knowing - then -”
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“Some of them get stuck in my head like songs...”
Amanda B wrote this review Friday, April 30, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“She is an inspiration to me as a poet and as a young women she is truly a beautiful soul and my favorite writer.”
Destiny K wrote this review Saturday, April 24, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
“no one packs as much into so few words as dickinson does”
Christine S wrote this review Saturday, March 27, 2010. ( reply | permalink ) Was this review helpful? Yes | No
