Once again demonstrating the 'luxuriantly sensual imagination' ("Washington Post") last seen in her "Cornucopia" (978 0 393 32549 2), Molly Peacock celebrates marriage and a two-track life with the man who became her husband. As teenage sweethearts separated by other obligations, they found each other again at midlife. Unafraid as always to look hard at the flaws in human relationships, Peacock embarks on what "The New Republic" has called a 'bold exploration of terrain traditionally considered taboo'.
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Peacock's compact philosophical meditations . . . transcend their mundane origins with assured eloquence and an almost startling subtlety.
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Molly Peacock has published five books of poetry and a memoir.
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SENSUOUS AND MATURE
17 Mar 2009
By M. Tretin
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This is an amazingly mature and sensuous collection of poems that show the passions beneath the surface of a marriage; Molly Peacock always finds a way to love a little more. Read these poems and change your life.
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Another great volume of poems
28 Dec 2012
By Julie Doe
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OK, so I'm pretty much a Molly Peacock fangirl and have liked everything of hers that I've read. This book is no exception.
One thing that I find so enjoyable about Ms. Peacock's poetry is her use of rhyme. Her work would definitely be labelled as free verse, but if you read many of her poems, you will discover end rhymes (and internal rhymes), very subtlely done and yet it's there. It's surprising and musical and quite wonderful. Even the first poem in this book -- "Of Night" --which makes use of a single end word ("night") has both musicality *and* meaning.
She also looks quite frankly at herself and her relationships. She offers insights in language that is plain and accessible, and also artful. Her poems make you think--not to struggle to figure out their surface meaning--but to think about the underlying issues and what is really being shared about life and love.
One thing that I find so enjoyable about Ms. Peacock's poetry is her use of rhyme. Her work would definitely be labelled as free verse, but if you read many of her poems, you will discover end rhymes (and internal rhymes), very subtlely done and yet it's there. It's surprising and musical and quite wonderful. Even the first poem in this book -- "Of Night" --which makes use of a single end word ("night") has both musicality *and* meaning.
She also looks quite frankly at herself and her relationships. She offers insights in language that is plain and accessible, and also artful. Her poems make you think--not to struggle to figure out their surface meaning--but to think about the underlying issues and what is really being shared about life and love.
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1 Feb 2012
By Brenda
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Molly Peacock is a fabulous poet that creates pictures with her words. She creates a fun, sexy, organic world that make you laugh or pause to think. My favorite is "Cliff of Mistakes."
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