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Grenade in Mouth: Some Poems of Miyo Vestrini by Miyo Vestrini

chillcox15's review

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5.0

Poetry at its bombastic, bilious best.

kstein's review

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dark emotional reflective medium-paced

5.0


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kylefwill's review

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5.0

"Well, William Blake isn't convincing either. Nor Dylan Thomas.
Confess it: reading poetry is a boring duty most of the time.
You get tired."

I haven't been reading a lot of poetry lately. It comes and goes. Vestrini gets it. This collection feels like a tide coming in.

"Last night you decided:
if I cannot sleep,
I'll choose death.
But you could not have expected the leg of lamb to melt in your mouth"
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