#poetry
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I absolutely loved Thanh Dinh’s “The Smallest God Who Ever Lived,” so I was very excited to read “Salt & Ashes.” Unfortunately, this book didn’t resonate with me the way “Smallest God” did. I will not say I didn’t like “Salt & Ashes,” there were some beautiful lines and truly moving thoughts. One line I…
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Hello Friends! Thank you to all of you who come back again and again to read my rambling book posts, I appreciate every one of you. This is the time of year that I post a monster list of books I plan to read over the summer, my self-appointed Summer Reading List. There are 14…
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Jen Schneider’s On (Pantry) Stock & (Kitchen) Timers is a unique collection of a stream-of-consciousness essays and poems that you wouldn’t think would work but does in an enchanting, eye-catching, made-you-look kind of way. Schneider’s words are a collage of thought that walks readers through a maze of sensation/emotion/confusion/questing. This collection deserves a re-read to…
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Murder Ballads by Katy Horan is a treat for fans of Dark Folklore and Gothic themes (that’s a gruesome way to begin a review, isn’t it?). I was already familiar with “The Death of Queen Jane” and “The Twa Swans” thanks to Loreena McKennitt. Horan included a list of recordings, so readers can immerse themselves…
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Some of the poems in Alix Perry’s collection Tomatoes Beverly flow beautifully, creating scenes in the mind’s eye. Others are somewhat disjointed and difficult to follow. This may be intentional; poetry is art, interpreted differently by the creator and the reader. Perry opens with a sage reminder for their readers: “Things I should know by…
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“unconditional love lets you cry flowers” ~Brianna Pastor Brianna Pastor’s collection “Good Grief” is a jewel of a book. Her poems are deeply personal, but resonate with her readers, creating a sense of camaraderie, letting people know that while their pain is unique to them, they are not alone. Someone else has felt what you…
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Don’t Let Me Grow Cold by Nicole Kapise-Perkins The teakettle’s whistlingis the music of sunrise musings:when I was youngerI wanted to collect the stars.I had a heart full of ghosts and strawberry daydreams;I was a small-town girl with big dreams:a carnival of stars would get me there,I wouldn’t disappear like a glacierwaiting for summer,instead I…
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Feel the Night Change By Nicole Kapise-Perkins We meet, we talk, but I don’t know you. Your eyes a flash of blue, bits of sky. I don’t know how it came to be yours, the sky. Do you have magic, that you command the very elements to your being? I would like to be…
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If Halloween and National Poetry Month were in the same month, my utter happiness would be complete. Alas, I only get to celebrate my birthday during Poetry month. To kick off the Poetry Month celebrations, one of my own: Love Doesn’t Rhyme By Nicole Kapise Perkins “How are you, really?” Just one of the many…
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Hello Booklovers,After a long and entirely unnecessary hiatus, I am back here on the boards to amuse and entertain you with books. Not mine, sadly, but ones I have piled up to read for my self-curated Summer Reading List, challenging myself to read 30 books in the 14 weeks between Memorial Day and Labor Day.…
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