Recommended by my BFF.

Sapphic poems about a relationship - there was a narrative to the poems - they felt like linear sonnets about the course of the relationship. Almost diary-esque. For me it became repetitive and I felt like there didn’t need to be so many poems. (Sex is mentioned a lot)
Wasn’t for me overall but I can see why my friend loves it.

This sonnet sequence is one of my favorites. I read it as part of a undergrad independent study when I was writing my first sonnet sequence, and I found it inspiring and beautiful. I'm currently working on my third collection of sonnets, and I occasionally reread some of Marilyn Hacker's poems when I'm trying to attract my muse. ( )

The meeting, love affair, and break up of an older and younger woman done to the tune of Shakespearean and Petrarchan form sonnets of great emotion, ironic wit, and passionate feeling. Tremendous poetic craft and genuine emotional joy and pain. ( )