tifferschang 's review for:

I Wrote This for You and Only You by pleasefindthis, Iain S. Thomas, Jon Ellis

2.0

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I had been excited to pick up this book. I had heard about it and when I read that this collection would also have accompanying photographs, I was anticipating a book that would trifle with my heart. I was disappointed. As some other reviewers have pointed out, much of the collection feels like a compilation of cliches in simplified words; a poor and lazy man's version of "A Lovers Dictionary." (I would highly recommend A Lover's Dictionary by David Levithan instead.)

Here is a list of my poems that did strike me:
-The Illusion of Things Never Changing
-The Dreams of the Line
-The Anxiety Inherent in Air
-The Reflection in Shop Windows
-The City that Sleeps where They Fell
- The Heart Outgrows the Chest
-The Stones make Sand Slowly
-The Bombs Destroy More than Cities
-The Agony of Being Other People
-The Things I Would've Said
-The Difference Between Paint and Blood
-The Limited Opportunity
-The Desire to live Underwater Forever
-The Pain Unfelt
-The Remaining Mirrors
-The Remaining Me
-The Salting of the Earth
-The Different Kinds of Silence
-The Light that Shines When Things End
-The Infinite Distance

Yes. These seems like a exhaustive list, but it probably only comprises 5-10% of the collection. And honestly the other 95% is trivial fluff that outshines the good works.