Depth Perception: Poems and a Masque by Robin Morgan

4 Stars

177 Pages
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Open Road Media
Release Date: March 24, 2015

Genre: Poetry

The poems are divided into the following sections:

• One: Piecing, Heirloom, Death Benefits, Nature’s Garden, Peony
• Two: Three Definitions of Poetry, Battery, Two by Two, Phobophilia, The Ruining of the Work
• Three: The Duel – A Masque
• Four: Documentary, Aerial View, Elegy, White Sound, The Fall of a Sparrow
• Five: The Harrowing of Heaven, Three Salt Sonnets to an Incidental Lover, The Undead – A Pentode of Seasons, Depth Perception, The Hallowing of Hell

The poems in this book are powerful. They are written from a Jewish woman’s perspective. They are deep and I had to read several of them a few times to get their meanings. There are many references to feminists and women’s issues.