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A review by rachreadsbooks
The Only Worlds We Know by Michael Lee
This is difficult to rate, so I haven't given it a rating. I'm a poetry newbie, starting out with accessible 'Instagram' poetry and moving onto some I have seen as spoken piece through Button Poetry which is where i found this book.
I loved some of these poems. The memories ones were very clever and the format of others I really appreciated such as 'Row' with the placement of the lines. I also appreciated the rawness of the poems, a lot refer to suicide, addiction, death, grief, violence and are a difficult read, some even made me tear up. Lee has a way of ending his poems abruptly, which in some cases left me confused, in others it added to the impact and effect of the poem, the uncertainty and unknowing he was trying to convey.
However others I just didn't understand fully. I got an impression of what Lee was referring to but couldn't piece it together and I think my inexperience with poetry contributed to my lack of understanding. I hope if I read this again, with more focus, I may be able to appreciate these poems more.
I loved some of these poems. The memories ones were very clever and the format of others I really appreciated such as 'Row' with the placement of the lines. I also appreciated the rawness of the poems, a lot refer to suicide, addiction, death, grief, violence and are a difficult read, some even made me tear up. Lee has a way of ending his poems abruptly, which in some cases left me confused, in others it added to the impact and effect of the poem, the uncertainty and unknowing he was trying to convey.
However others I just didn't understand fully. I got an impression of what Lee was referring to but couldn't piece it together and I think my inexperience with poetry contributed to my lack of understanding. I hope if I read this again, with more focus, I may be able to appreciate these poems more.