snitty98's review against another edition
5.0
This made me think, feel, and experience everything all at once.
kirbymoon's review against another edition
5.0
"sometimes i forget that my skin is not a panic room"
martysdalton's review against another edition
5.0
So happy to see some poems I recognize in this collection. Rudy covers so much ground so quickly.
Favorites: If I Was a Love Poet; Why Did You Leave?; Scars
"not every building that shakes
will collapse."
Favorites: If I Was a Love Poet; Why Did You Leave?; Scars
"not every building that shakes
will collapse."
erinreve's review against another edition
3.0
“Muscle is created by lifting things
that are designed to weigh us down.
When your shoulders are heavy
stand up straight and call it exercise.
Life is a gym membership
with a really complicated cancellation policy.”
that are designed to weigh us down.
When your shoulders are heavy
stand up straight and call it exercise.
Life is a gym membership
with a really complicated cancellation policy.”
sorrism's review against another edition
5.0
wow this is an amazing collection of poetry.
I always go into peotry with no expectations and it's so rare for me to like almost every single poem in a book. The poems are beautiful, heartfelt, authentic, powerful, and so much more. Do you ever just feel like words understand you (not the other way around). Idk I just felt the poems and words resonated with me and I really needed that? I was in an odd mood.
Anyways here are some of my favourite lines
I always go into peotry with no expectations and it's so rare for me to like almost every single poem in a book. The poems are beautiful, heartfelt, authentic, powerful, and so much more. Do you ever just feel like words understand you (not the other way around). Idk I just felt the poems and words resonated with me and I really needed that? I was in an odd mood.
Anyways here are some of my favourite lines
"but I’d rather not ruin someone’s day with
my tragic honesty
so instead I treat my face like a pumpkin.
I pretend that it’s Halloween.
I carve it into something acceptable.
I laugh and I say,
'I’m doing alright.'"
“I hope there is something
beautiful on the horizon
that’s just as impatient as I am”
“So I’ve never caught a live grenade
with my bare hands.
So I don’t know exactly how it feels,
but I imagine it’s a lot like getting a text
that says, 'Hey, we really need to talk.'"