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5.0

For my Pleasure... not for any challenge.

I picked up this book yesterday. I had to ask one of the employees of Target where it might be because the website said it was in stock but I could not find it. The young man I asked said he had one more place he could check and said he would be right back. I waited for 10 minutes for him to return and he did.... with 1 copy of the book. He they only had a few copies left and he found them in a box that hadn't been completely emptied that morning.

Now to the review. I very much enjoyed this book. I love it when an author lets themselves be vulnerable in their writing and this is what Misha did. I have seen a lot of people say the poems were sad and some even put trigger warnings in their review, but a lot of poety is sad or deep. Some of my favorite Poetry Authors (there are not a lot as poetry is not always my thing) are dark and depressing. Writing and Poetry are expressions of our emotions. I saw pure love in Misha's work. Even the poems about his mother contained love for her. As a person who became the Parent of their parent at a young age, I understand the love/hate/regret feelings.

These poems really touched me and I very much enjoyed them. "These Days" resonated deeply with me right now.

Good Job Misha, great book!