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“i am sleepwalking on an ocean of happiness i cannot baptize myself in.”

September 7, 2018 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

I have said many times that reading Poetry is not my jam. I have mostly gotten over my entrance issues with science fiction and graphic novels/comics but Poetry still trips me up from time to time. The funny part? I’ve been known to write it, but reading a collection can be too much, and I think that’s the real problem – a collection of poetry, of really good poetry is likely going to feel like too much. At times, Sabrina Benaim’s first published collection, Depression & […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: cbr10bingo, Depression and Other Magic Tricks, faintingviolet, Not My Wheelhouse, poetry, Sabrina Benaim, slam poetry, spoken word

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:41 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: cbr10bingo, Depression and Other Magic Tricks, faintingviolet, Not My Wheelhouse, poetry, Sabrina Benaim, slam poetry, spoken word ·
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Lin-Manuel Miranda and I recommend this collection

April 22, 2018 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I struggle with poetry. Reading it never has the same effect as listening to it, even when I read it aloud to myself. But, since April is National Poetry Month I thought I’d give it another shot. In an example of past me having current me’s back, one of the books I picked out for last year’s Read Harder challenge that I never got to was No Matter the Wreckage by Sarah Kay and it is a book of poems. I don’t know how I […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: faintingviolet, independent publisher, National Poetry Month, poetry, read harder challenge, Sarah Kay, spoken word

faintingviolet's CBR10 Review No:18 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: faintingviolet, independent publisher, National Poetry Month, poetry, read harder challenge, Sarah Kay, spoken word ·
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