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3.89 AVERAGE
This book contains some very good poetry and some other like mah, and the poetry is not all romantic as you may expect from the book title that this is romantic poetry book, no, not 100%
However the book in my opinion is so entertaining, it contain a little bit of everything, and there is at least one poetry that you will like
My favorite is
Love:
To discover there’s at least one other real person on planet Earth
Loss:
To discover that the aliens can look just like you
However the book in my opinion is so entertaining, it contain a little bit of everything, and there is at least one poetry that you will like
My favorite is
Love:
To discover there’s at least one other real person on planet Earth
Loss:
To discover that the aliens can look just like you
As someone who is very new to prose and poetry, many of these poems pulled a physical reaction out of me, the feeling you get that is akin to butterflies in your tummy but instead of butterflies they’re moths. This book has inspired me a lot while I write my own poetry, and I’m very glad to have found it. Some of the topics that are focused on in this book hits very close to home for me, which is possibly another reason as to why I find this book so wonderful. : )
I didn't enjoy this one as much as 'I wrote this for you', I'm not sure why, but I couldn't connect with the structure of the poems anymore... I wish I enjoyed it more, though. Maybe I'll try to re-read it at some point.
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
N/A
Strong character development:
N/A
Loveable characters:
N/A
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
All I have to say is it wasn't as mesmerising as the first book. But that doesn't mean it wasn't any less great. I Wrote This For You is an anthem for a broken generation. I Wrote This For You And Only You is a pretty good book. With some irrelevant pieces, but some really great ones as well: I would recommend you to read it.
a really cool setup, with the pictures & the short blurbs of writing!
Author Iain S. Thomas (under the pen name PLEASEFINDTHIS) now has a series of published I Wrote This For You books, including I Wrote This For You, I Wrote This For You: Just The Words and I Wrote This For You And Only You. Find the original blog at http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/.
They are exactly what you expect: pining love poems, written to an unknown recipient. Readers are granted access into the speaker's advice to his beloved, and are left wondering what to make of the challenging associations.
The author wrote the first sentence in a spiral-bound notebook by the side of his bed in 2006, and uploaded the first sentence to his blog on the 5th of July, 2007. All subsequent posts encapsulate what has become the I Wrote This For You series, a seemingly never-ended photography-and-poetry project. The digitized and printed series I Wrote This For You was officially released as a book in 2011, but remains accessible at http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/.
In 2009, for his work as the author of the art/photography project “I Wrote This For You”, he was voted one of the top 5 finalists in the world in the “Best Blogger To Follow” category on mashable.com under his online pseudonym, pleasefindthis.
The project, which has proven incredibly popular across the world and gone on to become a best selling book, has also afforded him numerous exciting opportunities, including an invitation to dinner with the US Ambassador to South Africa, Donald Gipps as a consultant on digital development within South Africa, and a speaking spot at TEDx Johannesburg.
In 2011, the first I Wrote This For You was published with ireadiwrite. Nearly 200 of the best, most relevant entries and photos from the I Wrote This For You project were published in print and as an e-book. The book is split up into four sections; Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain. It puts things into an order, and contains several entries that only appear between its pages.
The first poem of the project, dating back to July 5, 2007, reads:
I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get it. They may think they get it, but they don’t. This is the sign you’ve been looking for.
You were meant to read these words.
You’ve always felt special. Different. And also… a little misunderstood. That’s ok. Future generations will understand your pain, and why you became what you became. It feels good, doesn’t it? That I know, even if no one else knows (for now). I know who you are and what you’ve been through. I know everything. In the future, your life story will be studied like the New Testament. I can only apologise that we didn’t work out a way before now to tell you who you really are. I’m sorry, I know I’m rambling but it feels like I’m meeting a celebratory.
Thank God you found this. All the blank bits are about to be filled in.
The titles prime the reader for the tone of the prose, but each photograph and title challenge associations with the prose. For example, above, many meanings can be derived from the poem alone. If the prose is read by itself (how it is presented in Just The Words), one might feel romantic love. But, when read with the somber photograph, the prose becomes more desperate. A picture is worth a thousand words in itself, each adding to and morphing meaning behind the poetry.
I Wrote This For You And Only You is the second collection, comprised of the most popular blog entries in both photography and prose, from 2011 to 2015. The follow-up(s) to the #1 bestseller I Wrote This For You, I Wrote This For You: Just The Words presents twice the number of entries with over 400 works from the internationally acclaimed poetry and photography project; including several new and never before seen poems. While focusing on the words from the project, new photography launches each section which portray everyone's journey through the world: Love Found, Being In Love, Love Lost, Hope, Despair, Living and Dying." I Wrote This For You: Just The Words contains 400 text entries (as opposed to I Wrote This For You And Only You, which contains 200 entries with photos), and has a lot of exclusive entries that don't appear on the blog or anywhere else. And because it does not print color photos, it costs less.
https://wordpress.com/post/thewandererliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/4094
They are exactly what you expect: pining love poems, written to an unknown recipient. Readers are granted access into the speaker's advice to his beloved, and are left wondering what to make of the challenging associations.
The author wrote the first sentence in a spiral-bound notebook by the side of his bed in 2006, and uploaded the first sentence to his blog on the 5th of July, 2007. All subsequent posts encapsulate what has become the I Wrote This For You series, a seemingly never-ended photography-and-poetry project. The digitized and printed series I Wrote This For You was officially released as a book in 2011, but remains accessible at http://www.iwrotethisforyou.me/.
In 2009, for his work as the author of the art/photography project “I Wrote This For You”, he was voted one of the top 5 finalists in the world in the “Best Blogger To Follow” category on mashable.com under his online pseudonym, pleasefindthis.
The project, which has proven incredibly popular across the world and gone on to become a best selling book, has also afforded him numerous exciting opportunities, including an invitation to dinner with the US Ambassador to South Africa, Donald Gipps as a consultant on digital development within South Africa, and a speaking spot at TEDx Johannesburg.
In 2011, the first I Wrote This For You was published with ireadiwrite. Nearly 200 of the best, most relevant entries and photos from the I Wrote This For You project were published in print and as an e-book. The book is split up into four sections; Sun, Moon, Stars, Rain. It puts things into an order, and contains several entries that only appear between its pages.
The first poem of the project, dating back to July 5, 2007, reads:
I need you to understand something. I wrote this for you. I wrote this for you and only you. Everyone else who reads it, doesn’t get it. They may think they get it, but they don’t. This is the sign you’ve been looking for.
You were meant to read these words.
You’ve always felt special. Different. And also… a little misunderstood. That’s ok. Future generations will understand your pain, and why you became what you became. It feels good, doesn’t it? That I know, even if no one else knows (for now). I know who you are and what you’ve been through. I know everything. In the future, your life story will be studied like the New Testament. I can only apologise that we didn’t work out a way before now to tell you who you really are. I’m sorry, I know I’m rambling but it feels like I’m meeting a celebratory.
Thank God you found this. All the blank bits are about to be filled in.
The titles prime the reader for the tone of the prose, but each photograph and title challenge associations with the prose. For example, above, many meanings can be derived from the poem alone. If the prose is read by itself (how it is presented in Just The Words), one might feel romantic love. But, when read with the somber photograph, the prose becomes more desperate. A picture is worth a thousand words in itself, each adding to and morphing meaning behind the poetry.
I Wrote This For You And Only You is the second collection, comprised of the most popular blog entries in both photography and prose, from 2011 to 2015. The follow-up(s) to the #1 bestseller I Wrote This For You, I Wrote This For You: Just The Words presents twice the number of entries with over 400 works from the internationally acclaimed poetry and photography project; including several new and never before seen poems. While focusing on the words from the project, new photography launches each section which portray everyone's journey through the world: Love Found, Being In Love, Love Lost, Hope, Despair, Living and Dying." I Wrote This For You: Just The Words contains 400 text entries (as opposed to I Wrote This For You And Only You, which contains 200 entries with photos), and has a lot of exclusive entries that don't appear on the blog or anywhere else. And because it does not print color photos, it costs less.
https://wordpress.com/post/thewandererliteraryjournal.wordpress.com/4094
Original review
This book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley!
I chased my dreams until I caught them.
I chased my thoughts until I stopped thinking.
And I chased my heart until I found you.
I Wrote This for You and Only You is the third book in the I Wrote This for You series and is yet another poetry collection with prose, poetry and photography.
Even if you write down everything that’s ever crossed your heart, there will still come a day when none of your words can explain how you feel.
I really liked reading I Wrote This for You so I was really excited to start I Wrote This for You and Only You, but I wasn’t that blown away by this collection. I think that I Wrote This for You was better than this one because there weren’t that many poems that I could relate to or I thought were beautiful.
Favourite poems:
The Stars Look Like Drops of White Paint
The Dreams on the Line
The Soft Crackle
The Fellow Passenger on a Crashing Train
The Complications Start with You
The Protective Nature of Glass
The Briefest Respite
The Love Like Sunlight
The City that Sleeps Where They Feel
The Walls Are Made of Lists
The Removal of Me
The Desperate and Confused
The Stones Make Sand Slowly
The Language Breaks
The Bombs Destroy More than just Cities
The Shadows on the Curtain
The Things I Would’ve Said
The Bandages Are Made of Shadows
The Dark Words You Walk Down at Night
The Remaining Me
The Age at Which It Happens
The Things I Meant
The Infinite Distance
This book was provided by the publisher through Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you Andrews McMeel Publishing and Netgalley!
I chased my dreams until I caught them.
I chased my thoughts until I stopped thinking.
And I chased my heart until I found you.
I Wrote This for You and Only You is the third book in the I Wrote This for You series and is yet another poetry collection with prose, poetry and photography.
Even if you write down everything that’s ever crossed your heart, there will still come a day when none of your words can explain how you feel.
I really liked reading I Wrote This for You so I was really excited to start I Wrote This for You and Only You, but I wasn’t that blown away by this collection. I think that I Wrote This for You was better than this one because there weren’t that many poems that I could relate to or I thought were beautiful.
Favourite poems:
The Stars Look Like Drops of White Paint
The Dreams on the Line
The Soft Crackle
The Fellow Passenger on a Crashing Train
The Complications Start with You
The Protective Nature of Glass
The Briefest Respite
The Love Like Sunlight
The City that Sleeps Where They Feel
The Walls Are Made of Lists
The Removal of Me
The Desperate and Confused
The Stones Make Sand Slowly
The Language Breaks
The Bombs Destroy More than just Cities
The Shadows on the Curtain
The Things I Would’ve Said
The Bandages Are Made of Shadows
The Dark Words You Walk Down at Night
The Remaining Me
The Age at Which It Happens
The Things I Meant
The Infinite Distance