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A review by ahmedhossam
Poems That Make Grown Men Cry: 100 Men on the Words That Move Them by Anthony Holden
2.0
The traditional lyrical poems were truly a heart-felt storm of emotions, I was often left in tears.
The modern ones, however, were pure sh*t, only akin to poetry the same way modernist paintings are akin to a Da Vinci or a Rembrandt. They wouldn't even pass as mediocre prose for God's sake. But somehow once they're divided into short lines they gets mystified as a moving work!
And let me tell you it takes a serious amount of bullsh*t to claim that they are moving (or even intelligible for that matter).
The idea for this anthology was original, but it just didn't bear the fruit I was hoping for.
The modern ones, however, were pure sh*t, only akin to poetry the same way modernist paintings are akin to a Da Vinci or a Rembrandt. They wouldn't even pass as mediocre prose for God's sake. But somehow once they're divided into short lines they gets mystified as a moving work!
And let me tell you it takes a serious amount of bullsh*t to claim that they are moving (or even intelligible for that matter).
The idea for this anthology was original, but it just didn't bear the fruit I was hoping for.