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Time Is a Mother by Ocean Vuong
4.0

I have not read much poetry and struggle with it quite a bit, typically. The exceptional has been productions like this, where you can listen to a performance and hear the cadence. It never sounds right internally, for me, and I certainly can’t mouth it myself.

This I found somewhat uneven, but with excellent, evocative and affecting highs. But again: I would not really trust my opinion on poetry, so this rating, more than anything, is my enjoyment, rather than an evaluation of craft like when I review fiction.

“The room you’re crying in is called America.”