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3.13 AVERAGE
3.13 AVERAGE
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
I like how it doesn't stop from beginning to end. It just flows. I like that.
"Men
Need to learn to take no for an answer
-teach them young
Your brokenness is beautiful
Not because of the way you are
But because
Of the way
You will be
You are not damsel in distress
You are the dragon
And the world had better be ready
-the dragon
It's her body it's her choice end of discussion
-her choice
They say
They want to
Protect
The innocent unborn
Yet as soon as it is born they want to let it die
-Supposedly pro-life
When viagra must be covered but birth control
Is a burden you know
Who's making the rules
-We need more women in power"
These are some of the parts I liked.
"Men
Need to learn to take no for an answer
-teach them young
Your brokenness is beautiful
Not because of the way you are
But because
Of the way
You will be
You are not damsel in distress
You are the dragon
And the world had better be ready
-the dragon
It's her body it's her choice end of discussion
-her choice
They say
They want to
Protect
The innocent unborn
Yet as soon as it is born they want to let it die
-Supposedly pro-life
When viagra must be covered but birth control
Is a burden you know
Who's making the rules
-We need more women in power"
These are some of the parts I liked.
reflective
fast-paced
Another beautiful collection of poetry! I had seen screenshots and whatnot of Lucas’ poems, and found them touching and relatable, so I thought it best to educate myself by reading the whole collection. And again, because poetry is still difficult for me to review, I’m going to keep this one short.
For the Broken is 113 pages of almost continuous short poems, bleeding from one page to the next. I find this important to note as the other two collections of poetry I’ve recently read and reviewed usually kept to a poem per page, unless the length forced more pages. Therefore, Lucas’s work has this way of flowing from one poem to the next, almost like a stream of thoughts. The titles (or dedication) of the poems are in italics at the end of each, wrapping the one up before it and yet seeming to set the tone for the next. This formatting is really fascinating and clever. To me, without even mentioning the content of the work, these poems by format alone allow for the reader to soak in the works like their own internal dialogue, which I found really soothing and almost prayer-like.
For content, Lucas has broken down her compilation into four sections (I’m sensing this is a common theme among poetry…?), and they are as follows: for the healing; for the loving; for the oppressed; for the broken. In a supportive manner, each stanza gives the reader advice or a thought on the section topic. For the healing has words of encouragement that help heal a broken heart- or sometimes just acknowledging it’s broken existence. This is also similar for the last section. For the loving is about- obviously- love and relationships. I feel the most powerful section is for the oppressed, which really hit full force as Lucas’ calls out the duplicity on the world’s so called equality. All the poems are relatively short- a few lines each- and yet they still pack a punch.
Overall, I enjoyed reading For the Broken, and it too will be have a hardcopy added to my poetry collection (since I read this via Kindle). In full honesty, though it’s a lovely anthology, I wasn’t as emotionally stirred as I have been by other poetry works, but I think that may be a mood thing. I’ve been feeling exceptionally up with all the sunshine and vacation time I’ve had, so I think my timing of this read was a little off. This may seem obvious from the title, in hindsight, but For the Broken would be the perfect consoling read in a time when you need something to lift you up.
For the Broken is 113 pages of almost continuous short poems, bleeding from one page to the next. I find this important to note as the other two collections of poetry I’ve recently read and reviewed usually kept to a poem per page, unless the length forced more pages. Therefore, Lucas’s work has this way of flowing from one poem to the next, almost like a stream of thoughts. The titles (or dedication) of the poems are in italics at the end of each, wrapping the one up before it and yet seeming to set the tone for the next. This formatting is really fascinating and clever. To me, without even mentioning the content of the work, these poems by format alone allow for the reader to soak in the works like their own internal dialogue, which I found really soothing and almost prayer-like.
For content, Lucas has broken down her compilation into four sections (I’m sensing this is a common theme among poetry…?), and they are as follows: for the healing; for the loving; for the oppressed; for the broken. In a supportive manner, each stanza gives the reader advice or a thought on the section topic. For the healing has words of encouragement that help heal a broken heart- or sometimes just acknowledging it’s broken existence. This is also similar for the last section. For the loving is about- obviously- love and relationships. I feel the most powerful section is for the oppressed, which really hit full force as Lucas’ calls out the duplicity on the world’s so called equality. All the poems are relatively short- a few lines each- and yet they still pack a punch.
Overall, I enjoyed reading For the Broken, and it too will be have a hardcopy added to my poetry collection (since I read this via Kindle). In full honesty, though it’s a lovely anthology, I wasn’t as emotionally stirred as I have been by other poetry works, but I think that may be a mood thing. I’ve been feeling exceptionally up with all the sunshine and vacation time I’ve had, so I think my timing of this read was a little off. This may seem obvious from the title, in hindsight, but For the Broken would be the perfect consoling read in a time when you need something to lift you up.
Unoriginal and complete garbage. Was there a point to this? It’s not a poetry book at all, more like a random compilation of quotes and words strewn together. Anyone could have written this. And while it discusses racism, I get the sense that the writer is the one who’s racist. A Rupi Kaur and Nikita Gill wannabe. Yikes.
Quotes I liked:
you looked right past my inadequacies
no, even better you loved them better
than anyone
has ever loved the best parts of me
---
it's hard to heal when
your mind has moved on but your heart is stuck
in the past
Quotes I liked:
you looked right past my inadequacies
no, even better you loved them better
than anyone
has ever loved the best parts of me
---
it's hard to heal when
your mind has moved on but your heart is stuck
in the past
Love!
This was so raw, so true, so relatable! Loved this read. I definitely recommend this bio to anyone looking for a short impactful read.
This was so raw, so true, so relatable! Loved this read. I definitely recommend this bio to anyone looking for a short impactful read.
This was a very cute poetry book some poems made me happy & certain poems felt healing in a way tbh <3 Chapter 3 highlighted important topics relating to marginalized groups which I really appreciated.
The poetry wasn’t really complex but I like those type of poems because it sounds like it’s written straight from someone’s thoughts & it doesn’t feel like I’m hurting my brain trying to understand it
The poetry wasn’t really complex but I like those type of poems because it sounds like it’s written straight from someone’s thoughts & it doesn’t feel like I’m hurting my brain trying to understand it