Scan barcode
A review by sydn3y3
Martyr! by Kaveh Akbar
dark
emotional
funny
medium-paced
4.5
wow! goodness, grace and grief! love and art! they make the world go round.
so many good lines, which is to be expected from a poet.
it really is crazy that what you put out into the world comes back to you!!! (ie grace!!!!!) and that’s really what this book is telling me, to go out and live my life with an open heart and see what happens. because what else can you do. live your life bitch.
i didn’t cry (lol) but i flew through this one. will have to seek out Akbar’s poetry now.
some fave lines:
it seems very american to expect grief to change something.
so many good lines, which is to be expected from a poet.
it really is crazy that what you put out into the world comes back to you!!! (ie grace!!!!!) and that’s really what this book is telling me, to go out and live my life with an open heart and see what happens. because what else can you do. live your life bitch.
i didn’t cry (lol) but i flew through this one. will have to seek out Akbar’s poetry now.
some fave lines:
it seems very american to expect grief to change something.
sometimes epiphany was as subtle as a friend showing you something they saw on twitter
we won’t grow old together, cyrus. but can’t you feel this mattering? right now?
lord, increase my bewilderment.
lord, increase my bewilderment.
PS i love the farsi pronunciation of cyrus, koroosh. so lovely