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dellamortedellamandy's review
3.0
rounded up to 3.75.
“blow through me, life, pared down at last to the bone, so fragile and so fearless have i grown!”
“blow through me, life, pared down at last to the bone, so fragile and so fearless have i grown!”
forgereads17's review
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
5.0
frommito's review
2.0
I thought this poetry was written well except for the rhyming. I am a reader who does not enjoy rhyming poetry. It still gave me a mystical and beautiful energy, and I enjoyed some of the poems in this collection.
just_a_reader_anya's review
4.0
Stories and lessons well embedded in each page.
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My favorite poems:
~ Two Citadels
~ A Leaf, a Flower and a Stone
~ Elegy Under the Stars
~ Mountain
~ This Paper Boat
~ Space
~ Pas de deux -- Winter
~ Ascent
~ Presentiment
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My favorite quotes:
~ "Fused moments of felicity, when flame in eye and heart unite, come they from earth, or can they be the swallows of eternity?" (page 12, Interior Tree)
~ "Oh, do you not recall it was a tree, springing from earth so passionately straight and tall, that made you see, at last, what giant force lay pushing in your heart?" (page 18, No Angels)
~ "But breath's no luxury; a feather more is all to make lungs rise and fall, catastrophe." (page 22, Mountain)
~ "A word falls in the silence like a star, searing the empty heavens with a scar of beautiful and solitary flight against the dark and speechless space of night." (page 55, Space)
~"To what thin melody does it dance? What lost note vibrates in me? From the past or future? Memory or presentiment?" (page 71, Presentiment)
˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚
My favorite poems:
~ Two Citadels
~ A Leaf, a Flower and a Stone
~ Elegy Under the Stars
~ Mountain
~ This Paper Boat
~ Space
~ Pas de deux -- Winter
~ Ascent
~ Presentiment
˚ ༘♡ ⋆｡˚
My favorite quotes:
~ "Fused moments of felicity, when flame in eye and heart unite, come they from earth, or can they be the swallows of eternity?" (page 12, Interior Tree)
~ "Oh, do you not recall it was a tree, springing from earth so passionately straight and tall, that made you see, at last, what giant force lay pushing in your heart?" (page 18, No Angels)
~ "But breath's no luxury; a feather more is all to make lungs rise and fall, catastrophe." (page 22, Mountain)
~ "A word falls in the silence like a star, searing the empty heavens with a scar of beautiful and solitary flight against the dark and speechless space of night." (page 55, Space)
~"To what thin melody does it dance? What lost note vibrates in me? From the past or future? Memory or presentiment?" (page 71, Presentiment)
brittaniethekid's review
4.0
I don't usually read books of pure poetry but I happened upon this jewel at a thrift store some time ago and was intrigued by the title (poems about unicorns? woo!). She writes beautifully and is an inspiration for my own fantasy poems. The fact that these were written in the 1920's and can still be enjoyed by a young teenager today, shows that these stand the test of time.
abiart's review
4.0
I haven't read any poetry not in an academic setting in years so I believe I'm slightly biased. I do like descriptions of trees and how the descriptions of different seasons interacted with each other. It also reminded me of a childhood film the Last Unicorn and my favorite musician at the moment Radical Face.
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