Rating: ★★
29/07/18
Yes. This book has reached me.
the girl who deserves the sun
is tired of being rained onthe girl you don’t appreciate
will get tired of loving you*
she made oceans
with her tears
she used the heartache
as motivation to build
the boat
in hopes of sailing
far away from everything
and everyone
who hurt her*
girls like you have roses
inside of them
that are strong enough
to bloom through blizzards
And I’m not too glad it did.
I do appreciate the well-intentioned effort to empower women somehow but… To sum up my déjà vu: thoughts on these kinds of poetry collections in this review. One curious thing I didn’t mention is that they all lack capitalization.
that’s not working either
* Credit: Book cover via Goodreads
Not a Book Review 
Thank you for sharing this and helping me to find your review. I was not impressed with the verse; there is far too much self-involvement, self-indulgence and nothing about the essence of love. The only line that evoked an image in my mind was the roses strong enough to bloom through blizzards…
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Thank you for reading! It’s a short book but it caused me actual physical discomfort. The one you mention is indeed a lovely image, but expressed so poorly that it all disappears in an instant. I just finished a haiku marathon (I was happy because I had all four haiku masters at once on my currently-reading shelf, not many could understand my joy
) so this book pales in comparison.
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