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Calling a Wolf a Wolf
by Kaveh Akbar
Every night, the moon unpeels itself without affectation,
Its exhausting, remaining humble amidst the vicissitudes of fortune,
Its difficult to be anything at all with the whole world right here for the having.
- Being in this world makes me feel like a time traveler, Kaveh Akbar.
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With staggering 57% of those who read it rated it 5 stars, i was curious and ended up buying it from an online secondhand book seller. Once finished, i was in awe. If this is a debut poetry book, then i’m in, like all in. I wanted to read more of his works, whatever he put out after ‘calling a wolf a wolf’. The major theme of his poetry is his battuule with alcohol addiction / alcoholism. There are few other themes that stood out such as his persian root and identity, his faith and the question about God and his sense of space between what his mind thought of and what his body felt of. I would label him the epitome of a modern poet. His words truly are thrilling and intimate to the core but at the same time, so profound. I did share few pages of his poems that i like but overall, as a collection, its heavy with emotion and unashamedly piercing. It will move you. I know i did. The reason i give the 4 stars and not 5 stars because i didnt like it when poetry in lines are all over the place or they wantef to turn it into some kind of shape or pattern. I find it annoying and distracting. Maybe i am just an old school reader who prefer my poetry to be neatly arrange in an ordinary way.
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Its exhausting, remaining humble amidst the vicissitudes of fortune,
Its difficult to be anything at all with the whole world right here for the having.
- Being in this world makes me feel like a time traveler, Kaveh Akbar.
.
.
With staggering 57% of those who read it rated it 5 stars, i was curious and ended up buying it from an online secondhand book seller. Once finished, i was in awe. If this is a debut poetry book, then i’m in, like all in. I wanted to read more of his works, whatever he put out after ‘calling a wolf a wolf’. The major theme of his poetry is his battuule with alcohol addiction / alcoholism. There are few other themes that stood out such as his persian root and identity, his faith and the question about God and his sense of space between what his mind thought of and what his body felt of. I would label him the epitome of a modern poet. His words truly are thrilling and intimate to the core but at the same time, so profound. I did share few pages of his poems that i like but overall, as a collection, its heavy with emotion and unashamedly piercing. It will move you. I know i did. The reason i give the 4 stars and not 5 stars because i didnt like it when poetry in lines are all over the place or they wantef to turn it into some kind of shape or pattern. I find it annoying and distracting. Maybe i am just an old school reader who prefer my poetry to be neatly arrange in an ordinary way.
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