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mel_sh's review
“I dreamt of being wanted; some object of desire — something heady & sweet & worthy to be held down.”
“How these teeth beg for something tender to
sink into, how cruel & how callous the hunger of his hands.”
“So when God asks
me about love, I respond with cruelty. I know
no other answer / I know no other question”
“How these teeth beg for something tender to
sink into, how cruel & how callous the hunger of his hands.”
“So when God asks
me about love, I respond with cruelty. I know
no other answer / I know no other question”
peggy_racham's review
5.0
"I know all the ways already that love can be the wound, I want to see, at last,how love can be the healing"
Yet another perfect poetry collection
Yet another perfect poetry collection
Content Warnings
Moderate: Body horror, Death, Toxic relationship, Violence, and Blood
sweetunicornnot's review
"Like a child, I flinch at violence, wherever I find it. Even when I am the seed. Even when I am the sacrifice."
"I know nothing but to take & keep taking.
If you ever want to rethread your ribcage,
you have to cut me open for it."
"I know nothing but to take & keep taking.
If you ever want to rethread your ribcage,
you have to cut me open for it."
airamseesghosts's review
5.0
it's a joke that i'm adding these less than 20 pages books to my read list but i just want everyone to read yves olade! he's so incredible and it's crazy that i have never heard of him before. i'm such a snob when it comes to contemporary poetry and i'm extremely surprised at how much i loved his writing. "maybe I’m tired of rooms full of knives and still being the most dangerous thing around."????? INSANE tbh
scizzors's review
4.0
"open the caverns of my heart and see: every chamber has a bullet inside it"
Another beautiful collection from Yves Olade! The use of imagery has matured since Olade's previous collection 'Bloodsport', becoming much more complex and entrancing. The scenes created within each poem seem to leap off the page as if they were waiting dormant, desperate to be read. The theming is strong and strikingly aesthetic. Aiding the worldbuilding within each poem and allowing a full story arc to be displayed despite the small word count. Overall a very lovely collection
Despite its strengths, this collection didn't connect with me as much as 'Bloodsport' did due to the more prose-like style. Nonetheless, it was still fascinating and I will definitely read from this author again in future.
Another beautiful collection from Yves Olade! The use of imagery has matured since Olade's previous collection 'Bloodsport', becoming much more complex and entrancing. The scenes created within each poem seem to leap off the page as if they were waiting dormant, desperate to be read. The theming is strong and strikingly aesthetic. Aiding the worldbuilding within each poem and allowing a full story arc to be displayed despite the small word count. Overall a very lovely collection
Despite its strengths, this collection didn't connect with me as much as 'Bloodsport' did due to the more prose-like style. Nonetheless, it was still fascinating and I will definitely read from this author again in future.