What We Buried by Caitlyn Siehl is descriptive poetry that has both elements of modern and traditional formats. Things are (word wise) straight forward, but sometimes meaning can be a bit less so. It is a book where you need to be be comfortable, relaxed and need to be able to just sit back and enjoy thoughtful words
I was not able to finish the book before writing this review, not because it was bad, in fact, pretty much the opposite. Except occasionally it felt a bit repetitive and I was not really comfortable when reading. This is not a one shot read from cover to cover collection, but one that is a take your time to read collection. Things are not necessarily intertwined, but they are related. Read one (maybe two or three) poems at a time, but make sure you cleanse the senses before moving on. Themes do vary, but how they vary is how they relate to romance such as the ups, downs and inbetweens of the subject.
Since it was a library copy I was (and technically still am, just taking a bit of a break) reading, I was not able to put notes in the margins, but did write a few notes in a book journal I have. Nothing that would be “earth shattering,” just basically what I have already mentioned (the straight forward writing, taking your time reading), but did mention a few poems by title or a piece that spoke to me. You will find some speak to you more openly and clearly than others and no two readers will be reading the same work.
