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larissalee's review against another edition
3.0
"When dogs look at me
as they pass I imagine
they are ancestors
watching."
This collection didn't speak to me, but I caught an odd whisper or two. Sometimes you just read poems that don't connect, and that's okay. The poet's voice is full of lyrical imagery and disjointed thought - which is a positive, if you like that kind of poetry. For me, there were too many random ideas introduced like dots making up a painting; if I were a different reader, perhaps I could've stepped back and seen the bigger picture. Instead, I just saw a confusion of dots and felt like I was missing out.
as they pass I imagine
they are ancestors
watching."
This collection didn't speak to me, but I caught an odd whisper or two. Sometimes you just read poems that don't connect, and that's okay. The poet's voice is full of lyrical imagery and disjointed thought - which is a positive, if you like that kind of poetry. For me, there were too many random ideas introduced like dots making up a painting; if I were a different reader, perhaps I could've stepped back and seen the bigger picture. Instead, I just saw a confusion of dots and felt like I was missing out.
circlebeing's review against another edition
challenging
funny
reflective
medium-paced
abhi17's review against another edition
emotional
slow-paced
2.5
I'm generally not a poetry person, but some poetry is an exception to the rule and I thought this one would be. It wasn't, unfortunately. Not bad but not super captivating to me.
vanquishingvolumes's review
3.0
Some of these poems really resonated, while others fell flat because I didn’t understand what they were about in context of pop culture references that I didn’t catch on to. That is by no means a poor reflection on the author - the poems flowed beautifully and clearly had meaningful things to say, but my life experiences growing up in a very white-washed area of the country meant I didn’t understand some of the references that many others understood. If anything, this was a great reminder that I need to continue to seek to understand other people’s life experiences to broaden my understanding of the world.
schnurln's review
reflective
medium-paced
4.75
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