Life on Mars

This collection of poetry explores the wonder of existence in every form from the intangible, to the cosmic, to the infinitesimal.

Very enjoyable. Hits you in the core, says so much about so many things, yet always comes back to the central theme.

I love Smith's velvety voice when she reads poetry, which I knew from her podcast where she reads other people's poems. I liked that her own work was so accessible, that I could understand what she was trying to say and the beautiful turns of phrase. Unfortunately, since I listened to the audio (mostly while I was driving), I couldn't pause to linger over the lines I loved, and so they slipped away even though I was listening at normal speed. I'm going to want to revisit this in print, because even though I enjoyed hearing how she intended these poems to be read, I don't feel like I got as much out of this as I wanted to. This was a short listen - less than an hour and a half - but when I finished I felt like I needed to listen to it a second time to really get it, so I'm not going to give it a rating this time around.