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hsienhsien27's review against another edition
4.0
Patrick Rosal is actually coming to the college I attend for poetry reading month. I will admit that I knew nothing about this guy until one day I checked my syllabus and saw his name. Like I mentioned hundreds of times on this blog, I don't read poetry very often and every time I find something, it's fantastic. Do expect this post to sound silly.
So the first thing I noticed is that the poetry in this book seems to have a beat to it. I know that poetry, depending on the style of writing, is supposed to be in some sort of singing or rhyming, flowing formula. Wow this post already sounds stupid. His poetry has this fresh beat to it, like hip hop or something, like he could be writing about an orange and a chocolate bar and it would probably be awesome.
What I love the most about this book more than anything, is how he turns life into poetry. Love, dancing, music, fathers and mothers, women, culture, family and childhood are all 'sung' in this book. They are personal, real, and emotional. You can smell, maybe even taste, and feel the pain and the love. That's really the only thing I can say about American Kundiman. It's real, I can imagine and feel the stuff of life. A lot of people write poetry about events in their life but they never paint it the way he does. I don't know how to describe it, but it's freaking good. I will admit that I didn't understand it, but I can feel it, and that's the most important thing about poetry.
It's a book that contain's Patrick in it, he's in those words. His every emotion, every tear, every ounce of sweat. I hope this isn't a weird way to describe this, but I remember finishing this and having that same feeling I get when I read a novel that touched my heart.
Rating: 4/5
http://wordsnotesandfiction.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-review-my-american-kundiman-by.html
So the first thing I noticed is that the poetry in this book seems to have a beat to it. I know that poetry, depending on the style of writing, is supposed to be in some sort of singing or rhyming, flowing formula. Wow this post already sounds stupid. His poetry has this fresh beat to it, like hip hop or something, like he could be writing about an orange and a chocolate bar and it would probably be awesome.
What I love the most about this book more than anything, is how he turns life into poetry. Love, dancing, music, fathers and mothers, women, culture, family and childhood are all 'sung' in this book. They are personal, real, and emotional. You can smell, maybe even taste, and feel the pain and the love. That's really the only thing I can say about American Kundiman. It's real, I can imagine and feel the stuff of life. A lot of people write poetry about events in their life but they never paint it the way he does. I don't know how to describe it, but it's freaking good. I will admit that I didn't understand it, but I can feel it, and that's the most important thing about poetry.
It's a book that contain's Patrick in it, he's in those words. His every emotion, every tear, every ounce of sweat. I hope this isn't a weird way to describe this, but I remember finishing this and having that same feeling I get when I read a novel that touched my heart.
Rating: 4/5
http://wordsnotesandfiction.blogspot.com/2014/04/book-review-my-american-kundiman-by.html
cgcpoems's review against another edition
4.0
This was my first introduction to Patrick Rosal & I definitely wasn't disappointed! So many good poems in here, and I'm looking forward to reading more from this poet in the future.
leecalliope's review
4.0
I enjoyed this book. I really liked the poet's meter and descriptions of various cityscapes. I really enjoyed reading his verse.
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