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Poetry Moves: An Anthology of Poetry by Loh Chin Ee, Ann Ang, Angelia Poon, Esther Vincent
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informative
reflective
sad
slow-paced
2.0
Words & Things: 1.0 star
Spaces & Places: 1.0 star
Connections: 1.0 star
Crossings: 4.0 stars
Origins: 3.0 stars
The poems in the first three parts mostly 1) lacked rhythm and/or 2) didn't make any sense. The best poems in those sections were 3 stars on their own at best. In general, they just made me sleepy. 'Words & Things' was slightly better than the rest.
The section 'Crossings' succeeded in making this book not convince me that I don't enjoy poems by default. Specifically, 'Only Hiroshima' & 'Expatriate Dream' are some of the best poems I have ever read. 'The Emigrée', 'Learning to love America', 'Chinese Workers on the Evening Train', 'Made of Gold', 'He Comes for the Jewish Family, 1942', 'Do You Speak Persian?' & 'Lost Tongue' are also particularly commendable.
'Origins' was kinda mid with a couple better than okay ones thrown into the mix.
Spaces & Places: 1.0 star
Connections: 1.0 star
Crossings: 4.0 stars
Origins: 3.0 stars
The poems in the first three parts mostly 1) lacked rhythm and/or 2) didn't make any sense. The best poems in those sections were 3 stars on their own at best. In general, they just made me sleepy. 'Words & Things' was slightly better than the rest.
The section 'Crossings' succeeded in making this book not convince me that I don't enjoy poems by default. Specifically, 'Only Hiroshima' & 'Expatriate Dream' are some of the best poems I have ever read. 'The Emigrée', 'Learning to love America', 'Chinese Workers on the Evening Train', 'Made of Gold', 'He Comes for the Jewish Family, 1942', 'Do You Speak Persian?' & 'Lost Tongue' are also particularly commendable.
'Origins' was kinda mid with a couple better than okay ones thrown into the mix.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Racism, and Antisemitism
Moderate: Animal death, Xenophobia, Grief, and Death of parent
Minor: Death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, War, and Injury/Injury detail
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