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Nostalgia Flower by Jon-Michael Frank

kingofspain93's review

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4.75

I like sweethearts
the world is harsh
I miss spring feeling all the time
a plush angel
a violent mood


this is exactly the kind of poetry I like, all the experiences of life linked not in paranoia but in gentleness, remembrance, and sensation. Nostalgia Flower shows that it is possible for guys to feel overwhelming emotion not as a product of white male self-obsession but as a natural result of encountering the sublime everywhere. this will remain rare and most men will remain whimperers crying woe is me while beating women. to me it's clear that this is written out of necessity and its being published was incidental for the author; i like that flavor.
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