<< 1 >>
Rating: 
Summary: beautiful
Review: "maybe it's what we don't say/that saves us" dorianne laux writes in her poem "enough music" -- her book sings, it soars. the poems are incredibly human, incredibly visual, subtle, and stunning. if i had to compare her work to other poets, i'd say she's close to sharon olds and marie howe both thematically and stylistically. what we carry is an honest book - laux bares herself for the reader. the results are gorgeous.
Rating: 
Summary: great collection
Review: Adrienne Rich describes Dorianne Laux's poetry as 'tough, sensual...with physical details that add up to more than their sum...' It's what I like about Laux's poetry, she is sensual, sexual at the same time a tough woman. Her poetry is much like Kim Addonizio's, who is one of my favorite contemporary poets. And they are friends, so it is no surprise that Addonizio has lead me to Laux. Dorianne's poems range from poems about the innocence of childhood to the raw, sexual poems that close the volume. Dorianne Laux writes the kind of poetry that I love to read. I highly recommend her work, especially if you are a fan of Millay, Addonizio, Kate Light, or April Lindner.
Rating: 
Summary: Myself I Sing
Review: I came to this book as someone who had no patience for poetry. It was something that always bored me in junior high, and that boredom never let up. I think I've repressed most of it, but I still get haunted by memories of iambic pentameter, sonnets, metaphor, synesthaesia, metonymy, yada yada yada. So I was very suspicious when a friend handed me this book and said it was "nothing" like the poems I'd read in junior high. Much to my surprise, though, she was right! There's no metaphors or similies, no "prosody" or rhetorical structure, etc. You get the sense Ms. Laux is just like me, unable to see what (if any) relevance Dickinson or Pound or Keats or the rest of those boring old guys and girls have for poetry. Instead, these are GOOD poems, about feelings and emotions. Look at the title poem--there's not one metaphor in it! I love it, and I've pasted it on the rear window of my Chevette for all the world to see! WE NEED MORE POEMS LIKE IT!
Rating:
Summary: Laux, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels...
Review: what else can you say about ms. laux's poetry? she speaks the unspeakable, the things that most poets would never write about,the things that most women poets would never write about. they are very power , very sensual and will leave an indeliable mark on your consciousness....
Rating:
Summary: Beautiful
Review: What is beautiful about Dorianne Laux's poetry is that she disguises her metaphors, similes and other poetical devices behind language with which anyone can connect. She is not a simple poet; rather, her poems can be appreciated on many levels, by both average readers and other writers. Dorianne does what few do successfully: she takes the everyday and shows us why we can't forget it.
Rating:
Summary: Beautiful
Review: What is beautiful about Dorianne Laux's poetry is that she disguises her metaphors, similes and other poetical devices behind language with which anyone can connect. She is not a simple poet; rather, her poems can be appreciated on many levels, by both average readers and other writers. Dorianne does what few do successfully: she takes the everyday and shows us why we can't forget it.
<< 1 >>
| 
