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joannaautumn 's review for:
Nectar
by Upile Chisala
I read her first book this year and I found this one on NetGalley and decided to give it a try.
I don’t know why I repeatedly read poetry from the poets I know are Instagram or Tumblr poets.
I live in an illusion that they will somehow reach that depth that they are grasping to reach.
Because the topics they write about are very serious, but the way they write about them makes the topic seem trivial.
Let’s say the topic is self-love and growth. You can’t tell me this is a poem:
Some things shatter.
Some things bloom..
Or this:
What have you learned about yourself lately:
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The message the author tries to convey is in the form of a quote, not a poem. Separating that quote with smashing enter after every other word doesn’t make it a poem. And the second one was a list, again, not a poem.
I honestly don’t intend to bash their writing skills, writing is hard. I never had the courage to publish anything I write and I am rarely happy with what I do end up writing. It is hard work that doesn’t pay all that well but you enjoy doing it.
A collection of essays is what I think would suit these kinds of authors because I can’t see any originality nor anything that distinguishes this book from hundreds of others of the same or similar topic.
If you want to tell about your experiences in life I find that the essay form or memoir form is the best. Maybe a diary or letters.
Poetry is getting way too saturated with the same content over and over again.
You have noticed I rarely addressed the author and generalized the whole group of modern internet poets. I did. There were maybe 3-4 poems that I liked and thought: Well, this is good!
The others were a generic adaptation of a quote on Tumblr/Instagram.
And finally, 2 stars for the importance of the topics discussed in the book and those gorgeous covers.
I don’t know why I repeatedly read poetry from the poets I know are Instagram or Tumblr poets.
I live in an illusion that they will somehow reach that depth that they are grasping to reach.
Because the topics they write about are very serious, but the way they write about them makes the topic seem trivial.
Let’s say the topic is self-love and growth. You can’t tell me this is a poem:
Some things shatter.
Some things bloom..
Or this:
What have you learned about yourself lately:
-
-
-
-
-
The message the author tries to convey is in the form of a quote, not a poem. Separating that quote with smashing enter after every other word doesn’t make it a poem. And the second one was a list, again, not a poem.
I honestly don’t intend to bash their writing skills, writing is hard. I never had the courage to publish anything I write and I am rarely happy with what I do end up writing. It is hard work that doesn’t pay all that well but you enjoy doing it.
A collection of essays is what I think would suit these kinds of authors because I can’t see any originality nor anything that distinguishes this book from hundreds of others of the same or similar topic.
If you want to tell about your experiences in life I find that the essay form or memoir form is the best. Maybe a diary or letters.
Poetry is getting way too saturated with the same content over and over again.
You have noticed I rarely addressed the author and generalized the whole group of modern internet poets. I did. There were maybe 3-4 poems that I liked and thought: Well, this is good!
The others were a generic adaptation of a quote on Tumblr/Instagram.
And finally, 2 stars for the importance of the topics discussed in the book and those gorgeous covers.