Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons

Author: Marilyn Hacker

Editorial review of the book

Love, Death, and the Changing of the Seasons is a remarkable poetic narrative of a love affair between two women, written in the classic form of a sonnet cycle. With masterful technical precision, Marilyn Hacker combines Renaissance form with intimate, contemporary, queer experience - the result is a work brimming with emotion, desire, pain and inner transformation.

The poetry collection traces the evolution of a relationship - from passion and idealisation to conflict, loss and mourning. But it is also a meditation on how love (and its end) shapes our perception of time, the body and the world. The seasons in the title are not just a metaphor, but the rhythmic pulse of the story: spring falling in love, summer intensity, autumn loss and winter reflection.

Hacker writes with a sharp mind, vulnerable honesty and a deep love of language. In her verse, sensuality is intertwined with philosophy, the personal with the political, form with rebellion. This collection is a gem for poetry lovers, but also an intimate diary of those who have loved and lost.

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