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A review by ruth5garcia5
Our Shadow Selves by J. M. Mills
5.0
Broken into five sections, Mills' collection of poetry weaves you through fiction and reality. Moments of clarity, struggle, resiliency, and overcoming. Emotional snapshots into moments in time bring about the feelings we often don't focus too closely on. Poems like Broken Pieces, No Home, and Insanity, for example, can be the picture of confusion and darkness. The opposite of poems such as Selfless, Friendship, and Picture This bring about a different set of emotions.
In the rest of the collection, emotions rose in me in poems like Forgotten, Gracious, Into the Flames, Misfortune, A Love Letter, Bright Spark, and Connection.
Mills poetry evokes those emotions in many others and while I read these poems in a few days, I will take my time to re-read these overtime again to get the full effect. Mills has a gift and I for one am glad to have her book on my shelf.
In the rest of the collection, emotions rose in me in poems like Forgotten, Gracious, Into the Flames, Misfortune, A Love Letter, Bright Spark, and Connection.
Mills poetry evokes those emotions in many others and while I read these poems in a few days, I will take my time to re-read these overtime again to get the full effect. Mills has a gift and I for one am glad to have her book on my shelf.