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This isn't a perfect book - there are ups and downs, and things that almost work but then don't, and things that she kind of gets away with because she's a poetry rockstar that a younger poet might not get away with. But the stuff that's solid is really solid, and man can she rock a last line. And she's writing about things that matter to me in her Kim Addonizio way that I can't help but love. Keep writing it, Kim, I'll keep reading.
From "Dear Reader":
...
I can't get over it sometimes, I still have trouble
believing that an egg deep inside my own body
went and turned into someone else, who right now
is on a tour boat on the river, having forgotten
how she used to hold on to my legs whenever I tried
to leave the room....
Other standout poems: 31-Year-Old Lover, Dead Girls, Cat Poem, The Work, Washing, It, This Poem Wants to Be a Rock and Roll Song So Bad, Augury, Miniatures.
From "Dear Reader":
...
I can't get over it sometimes, I still have trouble
believing that an egg deep inside my own body
went and turned into someone else, who right now
is on a tour boat on the river, having forgotten
how she used to hold on to my legs whenever I tried
to leave the room....
Other standout poems: 31-Year-Old Lover, Dead Girls, Cat Poem, The Work, Washing, It, This Poem Wants to Be a Rock and Roll Song So Bad, Augury, Miniatures.
