Falling Awake

Reviews / Votes

"[Oswald] writes a poetry of the natural world saturated with myth. A long poem about the dawn, 'Tithonus,' may be the most beautiful work I read all year." -- Dan Chiasson - The New Yorker "Minutely detailed, ravishing, and rapturously observant. . . . [A] perpetual inspiration." -- The New Yorker "Uncompromising and precise visions of a haunting range of experiences and obscure actions." -- Los Angeles Review of Books " Oswald's choices are subtle at first, as she intermingles stark images - such as a rotting swan - with exquisite writing and inserts characters from Greek mythology into the English countryside. These lyrics, while often dark, illustrate poetry's unique ability to shock readers into a renewed awareness of the world." -- The Washington Post "Alice Oswald's poems are vivid and distinct, alert and deeply, physically engaged in the natural world. . . . [P]oems of simple, stunning beauty." -- Poetry Daily "[Oswald] writes with a mind for sounds, syllables, and the patters of speech, informed and inspired by oral storytelling traditions." -- Bustle "Nothing is quite like Oswald's 'Tithonus.' . . . Extraordinarily intriguing." -- Booklist "With the sparkle of black jewels; for all poetry fans." -- Library Journal