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4.29 AVERAGE
4.29 AVERAGE
Akbar’s collection is incredible. I was absorbed throughout. His imagery is visceral and biting. Each piece is so honest and often finds the balance between realism and the abstract. I have highlighted so many lines that will undoubtedly stay with me for a long time. There is something wonderfully indelible about Calling a Wolf a Wolf.
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
“wrap me in paper and return me to earth. one day i will crack open underneath the field mushrooms. one day i will wake up in someone else’s bones.”
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
‘it’s not God but the flower behind God I treasure’
challenging
dark
reflective
Poetry, to me, is a manner of unshackling. Poetry frees the mind of the mundane tongues it usually speaks in, and teaches it a vocabulary of understanding - of self and our fellow man. It lets light in, and lets light out unto the world too.
Kaveh Akbar's poetry accomplishes all of the above in language that is expansive and somehow intimate all the same. His words are tales of the soul through the body. Of feeling through touch, through (un)reality. It is everything I've wanted to read (and is in many ways why I write).
Calling a Wolf a Wolf is why poetry...is.
Kaveh Akbar's poetry accomplishes all of the above in language that is expansive and somehow intimate all the same. His words are tales of the soul through the body. Of feeling through touch, through (un)reality. It is everything I've wanted to read (and is in many ways why I write).
Calling a Wolf a Wolf is why poetry...is.
What can I say? One of my favorite books of poetry of all-time, if not my favorite. Akbar is a master of imagery and subtlety-- so much emotion packed into such tiny lines! I mean, wow! 10/10
Odd,
for an apocalypse
to announce itself with such bounty.
Odd,
for an apocalypse
to announce itself with such bounty.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Made me fall in love w the words
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Alcoholism, Alcohol
Moderate: Suicidal thoughts
Minor: Animal death, Miscarriage