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A review by bluefairybug
Life Gets In The Way by Chris Husband
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
Life Gets in the Way is a wonderful collection of poetry, covering a range of themes from childhood, to loss, religion, death and just general pondering.
Both 'I Don't Want You To Go'and 'When You Left' were a painful reminder of the end of my last relationship which left me more broken and damaged than I ever thought I could be. 'Mi casa es su casa' and 'Move On (An Atheist's Eulogy)' caused me to think about my faith, and how much is it the responsibility of the believer to spread the word, or not?
For me, the standout poems were:
'I didn't know and nobody told me', which felt very poignant having recently got to 40 and suddenly starting to feel that I look my age, which is disconcerting as I've always been told I look young. And also regretting not appreciating my looks when I was younger. (Not that I've ever been hugely good-looking)
I also loved 'The World is my Oyster', it reminded me of the song Quiet from Matilda the musical, with the pondering of "the world is my oyster, but what if I'm allergic to seafood" and when Matilda says "About how when I say, say, red
For example, there's no way of knowing
If red means the same thing in your head
As red means in my head when someone says red". It made me think about how different words and sayings can mean something completely different.
'Happy New Year' touched on something I say every NYE, about why are we (as a country) spending a fortune on Fireworks when people are living and dying in the streets. It feels like our priorities are all wrong sometimes.
'Bitten on the Bum' made me howl with laughter. Which possibly says a lot about my maturity levels, I apparently have the same sense of humour as your average 14 year old school boy.
'Boys Read Poems' was a wonderful poem dismantling gender stereotypes. And as the mum of a boy who loves poems, pink, cuddly toys, Disney films, computer games, long hair and dancing, it was perfect.
I've always been a massive poetry lover, and Chris' fantastic collection reminded me why!
Both 'I Don't Want You To Go'and 'When You Left' were a painful reminder of the end of my last relationship which left me more broken and damaged than I ever thought I could be. 'Mi casa es su casa' and 'Move On (An Atheist's Eulogy)' caused me to think about my faith, and how much is it the responsibility of the believer to spread the word, or not?
For me, the standout poems were:
'I didn't know and nobody told me', which felt very poignant having recently got to 40 and suddenly starting to feel that I look my age, which is disconcerting as I've always been told I look young. And also regretting not appreciating my looks when I was younger. (Not that I've ever been hugely good-looking)
I also loved 'The World is my Oyster', it reminded me of the song Quiet from Matilda the musical, with the pondering of "the world is my oyster, but what if I'm allergic to seafood" and when Matilda says "About how when I say, say, red
For example, there's no way of knowing
If red means the same thing in your head
As red means in my head when someone says red". It made me think about how different words and sayings can mean something completely different.
'Happy New Year' touched on something I say every NYE, about why are we (as a country) spending a fortune on Fireworks when people are living and dying in the streets. It feels like our priorities are all wrong sometimes.
'Bitten on the Bum' made me howl with laughter. Which possibly says a lot about my maturity levels, I apparently have the same sense of humour as your average 14 year old school boy.
'Boys Read Poems' was a wonderful poem dismantling gender stereotypes. And as the mum of a boy who loves poems, pink, cuddly toys, Disney films, computer games, long hair and dancing, it was perfect.
I've always been a massive poetry lover, and Chris' fantastic collection reminded me why!