Reviews for Marriage Poems (Everyman's Library)

The average rating for Marriage Poems (Everyman's Library) based on 2 reviews is 2.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2021-01-10 00:00:00 Scott Armstrong Well...I liked 13 of the poems...out of 125. Not a great percentage. Disappointed at the huge majority of male (and repeated) poets compared with female especially on the subject of marriage.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-03-07 00:00:00 Rajan IYER When your thoughts don't take you too far and you are silent as you tremble and gaze at the trellis of your hands. When the chariot of your imagination does not lead you into tunnels lit up with apprehensions and lightnings as you remain silent and tremble gazing at the smoke twirling around your wrist. When the woman who lets her scarf fall through the evening's emptiness greets you, and you don't acknowledge her greeting, but rather remain silent, and tremble as you gaze at the destinies that unfold, lurching in your coffee cup. When the new immigrants pass by arm in arm with their local women blabbering about time that flees so soon, and you keep silent as you tremble and gaze at the table's ambiguous wood. When you don't sit with anyone and remember war only as a horseshoe, or a coat riddled with bullets. When, upon an evening, in a cafe the faces pass by you like copper clouds as you listen to cymbals that chime in a faraway desert or masts that break in imaginary gulfs. When the blind singer's record spins, once upon an evening, in a cafe, the customers sigh and you walk toward the axe where it leans against the tree. 'Amjad Nasser, from "Once Upon an Evening, in a Cafe"