Moore explores a world of femininity and abuse in this brave collection. Travelling between childhood and adult life, she documents the honest reality of living with a woman's body in a world that at times makes her miss the 'easy misogyny' of an office setting. Comparing her femininity to water Moore uncovers the flexibility that she is forced to perform throughout as she reflects on her previous experience in volatile situations: discussing and experiencing shame, victim-blaming, resentment, and guilt. The collection gracefully flies through the experiences of relationships and how her trauma manifests as different animals inside her. All The Men I Never Married leaves a lasting impression of the realism behind Moore's relationships.
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We are coming under cover of darkness,with our strawberry marks, our familiars,our third nipples, our ill-mannered bodies,our childhoods spent hobbled on horses. - WE ARECOMING
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(@SerenBooks, 4 October 2021, e-book, 95 pages, borrowed from @natpoetrylib via @OverDriveInc)
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I thought All The Men I Never Married was a terrific collection of poetry. I loved every word contained in the pages. The poems are pretty dark, given the subject matter of abuse and the way women after often treated by society, their peers and partners. I had to dip in and out of this collection some poems were hard to read because they were so intent. I mean this as a compliment. I especially liked That A Man Approached You In A Nightclub, I Knew He Was Dangerous, One Of My Exes, This Is Not Love and Is It Rape.
