[.ca] My Lover Is a Woman (ISBN 0345421140)

From Amazon.com:
These romantic, sensual, poignant, and humorous poems courageously describe lesbian experience in a way that pays tribute to the diverse and complex nature of women's sexuality.

Wow.:
This is one of my favorite poetry collections. Oh, how much love, passion, laughter and tears are within these pages. I read it, front to back, in a day. I couln't put it down. What wonderful words to read and inspire a heart with love.

Sweet, tender, fierce:
I've never been that fond of poetry, having rarely seen myself reflected in the words of others, but I found something very familiar in these pages. The style, tone, and topic of these poems vary wildly and allow each reader a chance to recognize some small part of herself. It is a wonderfully reassuring and empowering experience to find that there really are so many people who hear, share, and are able to reflect your voice. I chose this book on the power of Leslea Newman's name alone and was not disapointed. I am now pleased to have other writers to follow.

Lyrical! Passionate! Exquisite!:
WOW!!! This book is amazing. I don't usually care much for poetry, as I often find it dull or impossible to relate to. But this poetry was beautiful and moving. I could hardly put it down, wanting to wallow more in the luscious words, but at the same time I wanted to save the poems, to make the experience last as long as possible. The experience did last - I have read these poems over and over again, and each time I love and appreciate them more. One of the things that struck me about this collection, aside from the beauty of the language and images, was how different the poems are. They don't get jumbled together or become dull. Even though they are all linked by a single theme - the love shared between two women - the individual themes of the poems are strikingly diverse, including heart attacks, palsy, long-distance relationships, racism, pregnancy and menopause, and death. Even these sometimes hard and painful realities are approached with a beauty that makes the hardship captivating rather than distressing. And many of the poems have a light tone, even playful, and tender. There are poems about old women and young, black and white and asian, married and untouched. Poems for every woman in the world. Every woman, regardless of sexual preference, should read this book!

Incredibly Powerful, One of the best anthologies:
I love poetry and this is one of the best anthologies I have ever read. The poems are moving, sensual beyond description, earthy, humorous, sexy, and very intense. It seems that women writing about other women convey a depth and beauty that I have not often found in heterosexual poetry. Highly recommended for anyone who loves great poetry.

A feast of poetry and passion:
An outstanding anthology of poetry from some incredible writers who compose with both skill and passion. Renditions of moments of love, disappointment, yearning, and frustration with those inevitable irritations we all run into occasionally. "In Praise" is spectacular. I laughed out loud reading "AT & T," dedicated to all those couples in long-distance relationships-- who among us hasnt had to deal with that on occasion? "Undertow" was so riveting you could feel the impact from the language, and it has a unique verse structure to boot. "He Na Tye Woman" practically needed musical accompaniment. But my fave has to be Cookery. Any of you who love making up recipes and cooking up surprises for your lover will absolutely relish this one-- a must-read! I started buying the ingredients for the "chunks of red pepper," "herbal cream sauce," "coriander flecked carrots," etc. the moment after reading this poem. I promise this collection will have leave quite an impression on you.