I don't know how to review this. The strict form and conceit reminded me of my friend Roz Karen's poems, which also use strict form and meter to do dazzling things with language and also consider the poet as resister. Some of the lines were remarkably beautiful, too. ( )

Marilyn Hacker is a distinguished American poet whose work I had not previously read. Contrary to my perception of her as a “difficult” poet, and though many of the poems in this collection are long, I found them to be moving, engaging, beautifully written and full of meaning. There is a sureness of voice which I enjoyed, but without the dogmatism that can be its shadow. These poems were a very pleasant surprise to me, and are worth the attention of any poetry lover. ( )