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4.41 AVERAGE
4.41 AVERAGE
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
I don’t read a lot of poetry so I won’t pretend at a critique. What I will say is that some poems made me cry and some poems made me laugh and some poems made me chuckle at the absurdity of life. And that is definitely worth all of the stars.
challenging
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
fast-paced
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A delightful collection. No where near my favorite of theirs, but as usual, a voice I can hear echoed in my own head. Music for us one day.
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
dark
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
This book is equal parts queer/trans joy, existential anxiety & depression, and unadulterated rage (especially wrt gun violence).
A perfect mix IMO!
A perfect mix IMO!
5/5. It is hard to find a good collection of poetry that moves you the whole way through and ommitts “fluff” from its content, but this book does it beautifully. The speaker of these poems swells with their hurt and hope as America suffers from falling into its own prejudices, transforming it into a homicidal playground,
“Of the twenty children murdered at
Sandy Hook,
not one of them needed an ambulance.
That’s how dead they were.”
This books strength comes from how modern it is. Content about school shootings, the 2016 election and what it is to be queer is this books subject matter and it’s strengths.
“Your vote for a man who is filling the American Pie with the apples in the throats of girls in the ‘wrong’ restroom.”
And even the moments in which the poet talks about their relationship, we are still subject to talk of current politics; there is almost no escaping the affairs of the world in our own intimate affairs and it’s these little moments that serve to expand the bigger ones and elevate them.
“Of the twenty children murdered at
Sandy Hook,
not one of them needed an ambulance.
That’s how dead they were.”
This books strength comes from how modern it is. Content about school shootings, the 2016 election and what it is to be queer is this books subject matter and it’s strengths.
“Your vote for a man who is filling the American Pie with the apples in the throats of girls in the ‘wrong’ restroom.”
And even the moments in which the poet talks about their relationship, we are still subject to talk of current politics; there is almost no escaping the affairs of the world in our own intimate affairs and it’s these little moments that serve to expand the bigger ones and elevate them.