A review by honeycoffeereads
Poetry Unbound: 50 Poems to Open Your World by Pádraig Ó Tuama

4.0

Poetry has been a big discovery for me this summer. Back in a world where we didn't have poetry collections on social media, I always felt growing up that it wasn't for me - that maybe it was too sophisticated and I would never understand it. It was tough to find examples or collections that were relatable. In discovering poetry, I also found an inspiring podcast and site called On Being led by poet and theologist Pádraig Ó Tuama interviewing and examining how language plays a part in our lives and art that I also discovered this year. With Poetry Unbound: 50 poems to Open Your World, he provides a close reading of a range of poems from a writers around the world. With each one, he offers a thoughtful breakdown of how the wording, rhythm, narrative, and story are working together. Though parts of the themes became a little repetitive and not as wide-ranging as the work on his blog, I found myself being able to see the vastness of the world and poetry itself. There wasn't one selection where I didn't turn the page feeling like I had learned to be a little less intimidated to explore anthologies and poetry more, and there isn't any one perfect way to write a poem.