There's some lovely imagery in here - lovely and surprising, sometimes. It's more difficult than it sounds, I think, to write surprising imagery. All too often "surprising" can be unintentionally silly, but in the poems of this collection - "August", for instance - it was like a door opening. I was left thinking "Oh. I've never thought of it that way before!" which is always an uplifting experience.

I think the poem "Translations" was my favourite. I've read a little of Rich before, but I'll certainly be checking out more of her work after this.