A ragbag of warm, reflective, sometimes huffy poems.
Best read on park benches, in checkout queues, and during work breaks.
Pairs well with caffeinated beverages.
My reading experience:
This is a collection of heartfelt, authentic poems that I thoroughly enjoyed. Some gave me pause because they resonated deeply with me, others were subtly cynical, but all are observations on a life lived in this crazy world.
In You are what you, I found “it takes time to let yourself off the hook” to be a powerful line in the same way that in Ode to nuance, “catastrophising leaves such little time for you, don’t you think?” is.
I loved the nostalgia of Old song, the rawness in Disdain, and the love felt in Blessed.
Enjoy.
I highly recommend Mutton dressed as poetry by Jan Miklaszewicz. See my review of The Promise here.
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