This book is such a pleasure! Funny, shocking, astute and every so often the emotional current running through these odes spill over the page. I was drawn in immediately with Ode to the Hymen and its playful imagery but what really held me to these poems is Olds' ability to take the reader into a thought and then sober up quickly with a line that holds more weight than the mischief. I'll keep some of these odes with me for the long haul.