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A review by alexschmidt34
I Would Leave Me If I Could: A Collection of Poetry by Halsey
2.0
Respectfully the quality of this poetry is very similar to the poems I wrote in high school when I thought I was a special nerdy white girl. It’s just very basic to the point of being juvenile is what I mean. And truly that’s okay generally but just not for like publishing poetry.
Now that said, I do think the subject matter felt poignant at times. And I actually really enjoyed The Professional which although simple was darkly humorous and clever. I think there would’ve been a way to write a good memoir and maybe include a handful of these poems as reference points for the feelings and pains of growing. But as stand alone poetry it’s just not good.
It needed a good edit and maybe a few drafts or possibly to just not be published. I’m sure in fact that poetry of this quality wouldn’t be published if the author didn’t already have the name and social influence to sell copies anyway.
Now that said, I do think the subject matter felt poignant at times. And I actually really enjoyed The Professional which although simple was darkly humorous and clever. I think there would’ve been a way to write a good memoir and maybe include a handful of these poems as reference points for the feelings and pains of growing. But as stand alone poetry it’s just not good.
It needed a good edit and maybe a few drafts or possibly to just not be published. I’m sure in fact that poetry of this quality wouldn’t be published if the author didn’t already have the name and social influence to sell copies anyway.