Scan barcode
heybethany's reviews
50 reviews
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude by Ross Gay
4.0
I am trying, I think, to forgive myself
for something I don’t know what.
But what I do know is that I love the moment when the poet says
I am trying to do this
or I am trying to do that.
I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times by Taylor Byas
the jeopardy poem in this fucking rocked like i gotta try my hand at one of those at some point. byas's ability to use form in general is so admirable because you sometimes don't even notice that she's employing one until you're halfway down the page, and then you're like, wait a second, is this a VILLANELLE? so sick. i feel like she really elevates them by challenging herself further from the base of whatever original form she employs. i also have to watch the wiz now because it was fascinating to read a collection of poetry based on it without much prior knowledge on the movie, let alone the musical.
medium-paced
4.5
And I’m not above
crying over long-lost things, but this is where it gets embarrassing. Your
name starts to bring tears to my eyes in grocery store aisles. And when I hear certain
songs, I miss something I’ve forgotten the name of. What a special kind of ache.
the jeopardy poem in this fucking rocked like i gotta try my hand at one of those at some point. byas's ability to use form in general is so admirable because you sometimes don't even notice that she's employing one until you're halfway down the page, and then you're like, wait a second, is this a VILLANELLE? so sick. i feel like she really elevates them by challenging herself further from the base of whatever original form she employs. i also have to watch the wiz now because it was fascinating to read a collection of poetry based on it without much prior knowledge on the movie, let alone the musical.
To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han
sorry to say it but i got a special place in my heart for this book so of course it is getting a high rating. lara jean song covey you will always be famous.
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
4.5
If love is like a possession, maybe my letters are like my exorcisms.
sorry to say it but i got a special place in my heart for this book so of course it is getting a high rating. lara jean song covey you will always be famous.
GLOW vs the Babyface #4 by A.J. Mendez Brooks, Aimee Garcia, Hannah Templer
funny
inspiring
fast-paced
GLOW vs the Babyface #3 by A.J. Mendez Brooks, Aimee Garcia, Hannah Templer
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
GLOW vs the Babyface #2 by A.J. Mendez Brooks, Aimee Garcia, Hannah Templer
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
GLOW vs the Babyface #1 by A.J. Mendez Brooks, Aimee Garcia, Hannah Templer
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
Alphabet by Inger Christensen
reflective
fast-paced
3.0
I write like childlike
summer like thunder
over domed treetops
whitegold of ripening
lightning and wheat
Latitude by Natasha Rao
found some of my new favorite poems in this. (river road! i cried!) there is something so calmly cathartic about this collection that i cannot get my mind off of. will definitely be revisiting this one in the future when i need a moment to pause and think about the workings of the world around me.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Last flower of winter pressing
through snow like end credits,
grand gesture, the urgent purpling
wound necessary for a warm
glossy blossoming that will follow.
found some of my new favorite poems in this. (river road! i cried!) there is something so calmly cathartic about this collection that i cannot get my mind off of. will definitely be revisiting this one in the future when i need a moment to pause and think about the workings of the world around me.