Marriage Book

Maybe I'm getting jaded by poetry, but I wasn't amused, challenged, inspired...actually, for me, that was the one thing this book did have going for it. I did want to experiment with repetition and language after reading certain poems, so as a poet maybe I should, for that reason alone, be giving it a higher rating. But I'm not. Maybe it's just the nature of the form, but all in all, the poems were inconsequential to me. Interesting, but no sparks. I really wanted to like this book but in the end I just felt like it was working too hard for what it accomplished.

I'm willing not to give up on her, because I sense something exquisite and alluring and cheeky beneath the surface, something worth exploring, but I'm just not getting it here. I can tell I like her sense of humor and maybe I'll just have to accept I like the way she thinks but not how it translates. This maybe a re-read in the future. But, if you're a fan of hers and recognize maybe this isn't her greatest achievement, I'd love to hear your suggestions of what is/are.