Goblin Market And Other Poems: Penguin Pocket Poets (Penguin Clothbound Poetry) - Rossetti, Christina

from quondame

The title poem is so overwhelmingly sensuous that it belies the restraint theme. I interpret it as closer to an addiction->withdrawal tale where Laura gets the high and Lizzie the withdrawal. As for the rest, there, right in the middle of flowery death, was No, Thank You, John (excerpt) "Let Bygo...

from BooksForDinner

Not a regular poetry reader, but found this lying around the house and checked it out. A lot of fun, great gothic imagery and sadness.

from birdie.newborn

Perhaps an ideal children's story - scary, but comes out right in the end. A bit moralistic, but certainly works on a child's imagination.

from lilywren

I often find that when I write reviews I waffle on far too much. All I can say about this book is that I find myself wanting more. I want to drink in more of Christinas' poetry and find out more about her, her life and history. I was introduced to her through my love of her brothers' art. Dantes'...

from ryvre

Beautiful poetry. The imagery is so vivid you can almost taste the fruit.