Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems

Only As the Day Is Long: New and Selected Poems

2019 • 167 pages

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Only As the Day is Long by Dorianne Laux is a collection of new and selected poems that I picked up when I heard the poet read in Portland, Oregon at Powells Books. The book includes a large number of selected poems from five earlier collections, as well as a number of new poems in the title section, “Only as the Day is Long.” There is a lot to love here and I've been reading it gradually over a month or more. I think I am most moved by the new poems, though, many of which deal with the death of the poet's mother (who also appears in many of the earlier poems).

February 8, 2020Report this review