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Unscrambled Eggs

by Nadia Janice Brown (Goodreads Author)

3.70 · rating details · 57 ratings · 16 reviews

Profound and riveting, this is a 60 poem book collection with poetry that enlightens, speaks the way of life and the world. The poems from Unscrambled Eggs has a universal appeal, and is true to life in form. Unscrambled Eggs was written over a five year period and is an honest and thought-provoking book that deals with everyday life issues. It is a stirring compilation of...more

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Published July 5th 2005 by PublishAmerica

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Jul 25, 2008

Aaron Lazar rated it

Unscrambled Eggs is a lyrical album of profound poetry. It glistens with quiet reflection entangled with sentiments of abandonment. Forlorn, lost, adrift on a sea of real emotions Nadia Brown speaks with words not often combined. Take, for example, the following stanza from Deprived. [return][return]My Crayola lips[return]plum of eyes, cello of body[return]are sick with need.[return][return]Crayola lips. Cello body. Sick with need. In thirteen short words we sense the image of a woman pain...moreUnscrambled Eggs is a lyrical album of profound poetry. It glistens with quiet reflection entangled with sentiments of abandonment. Forlorn, lost, adrift on a sea of real emotions Nadia Brown speaks with words not often combined. Take, for example, the following stanza from Deprived. [return][return]My Crayola lips[return]plum of eyes, cello of body[return]are sick with need.[return][return]Crayola lips. Cello body. Sick with need. In thirteen short words we sense the image of a woman painfully alone and uncomfortable in her body. In the last stanza, we are assured of this stinging vision.[return][return]A rousing verse,[return]a mangled rose, a sigh of jazz[return]all sings your absence[return][return]Nadia Brown s imagery is strong and unexpected. The combinations of words are surprising, refreshing. These are not common poems. The tang of gritty despondency permeates the pages, in spite of the artistic composition. There is no pretense here. No false polish, cute rhyming schemes, nor purposeful cadence. In such an environment, only the imagery stands alone, spilling honest visions on the page.[return][return]Among the sixty verses lies another favorite, There Were No Bells. [return][return]She said there were no bells,[return]only her clam hands[return]and fretful feet rattled in the eve.[return]The sirens would not go off[return]nor did her knees faint[return]from the tie-dye of bliss[return]She felt no quakes,[return]no bumble bees,[return]no panic sharks reeling[return]in the pint of her belly.[return]Not once did her shoelace hair[return]curl like ringlets[return]not once did she hear bells.[return][return][return]Uncommon pairings, curious verbs, and a splash of liberating spirit develop as the poetry travels through time. As Ms. Brown works through emotions of despair, a stronger woman evolves. The work sings of survival while painting distinctive images of the world.[return][return]Examine these vivid phrases from Fishing for Salmon. [return][return]a laundry of birds gather[return]in a fold like sheep[return]like a fistful of jellybeans in a bottle[return][return]and:[return][return]there is some wind[return]flossing back and forth between homes[return][return][return]This unpretentious yet moving collection of poetry will earn a place of honor on your bookshelf. Don t be surprised if you are drawn to reread it over and over again.(less)

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Jan 26, 2011

B.K. Walker rated it

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Unscrambled Eggs by Nadia Brown is a book of poetry with meaning.

I love it when I can read poetry and feel some sort of connection. That is what I got out of Unscrambled Eggs.

Brown did a fantastic job in this compilation, giving meaning to each poem, and many of them I was able to relate to on a personal level.

I thoroughly enjoyed this title and think it would be an excellent book to add to your coffee table. The cover makes you wonder its contents and the poem...more

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Jun 01, 2009

Tara rated it

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Overall, a satisfying first collection that will no doubt grab the hearts and minds of readers who are looking for clean, simple lines of poetry that speak of soul growth, natural wonders, inspiration in the everyday, and the process of transforming loss into understanding. These poems are wise—and often short, straightforward in their use of language and image—as they reflect on the speaker’s life experiences, people she has known, her cultural ancestry, and the soul lessons she has learned.
...moreOverall, a satisfying first collection that will no doubt grab the hearts and minds of readers who are looking for clean, simple lines of poetry that speak of soul growth, natural wonders, inspiration in the everyday, and the process of transforming loss into understanding. These poems are wise—and often short, straightforward in their use of language and image—as they reflect on the speaker’s life experiences, people she has known, her cultural ancestry, and the soul lessons she has learned.

The poems in Unscrambled Eggs remind me of the poetry of Lucille Clifton for their tautness, their focus on ordinary life and experience. In her poem, “Liquid Muse,” Brown describes well her approach to writing the poem: “tell me what do your imageries speak/ what good are handsome metaphors/ when profoundness eludes your pen/ I have no fancy rhymes/ my poetry will not boast of windmill autumns/…but at least I offer more than words.” She is writing for every man and woman, without pretention or pretense. She writes from her Being, hard and true about what she sees (and knows) in her life. For example, in “The Writer,” Brown writes of an adolescent girl living in poverty who dreams of being a writer: “You seem beyond your fifteen years/ quite older than the strawberry jam girl you are/ but underneath your myth of make believe stars/ you are like every one else/ trying to figure their place to dam a need/ along this stretch of creation/ where days are no longer trusted/ and nights don’t care much for anyone.”

There is also a musical quality to these poems that remind me of song. Take, for example, “Only a Girl,” the lines in the final stanza: “If only I followed you with earnest/ I would not shake like December limbs/ or fetter my wings with snow,” or the first lines of “There Were No Bells”: “She said there were no bells/ only her clam hands/ and fretful feet rattled in the eve.” Beautiful imagery, a somewhat unusual syntax that marks Brown as an original voice, and a lovely rhythm that moves like spoken song. Only a handful poems in this collection fall short of their full potential, such as “Sea of Poor,” where the speaker is onto something right and true, yet the words are possibly too abstract to create strong feeling: “In a country of gold and ledger/ lives a sea of poor/ living in calamity/ and discontentment.” However, I think this collection will be a welcome and loved edition to a reader’s bookshelf, especially outside academia and among “ordinary” readers—people just like you and me.
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Mar 08, 2011

The Pen & Muse rated it

Brown provides a riveting collection of poetry that provides us to the a glimpse into our own dreams, fears, and lives. As artists, writers, and ordinary people we find ourselves in such a dream that we forget about our purpose, our lives, and more importantly sometimes the basics of who we are. Brown provides a glimpse into her own life as well as what we see in our own. Her poetry speaks to people such as myself and I have no doubt that it will speak to you as a reader as well. Written over th...more

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Dec 27, 2008

Roger Cottrell rated it

This book convinced me that I must read more contemporary poetry. Alas, unless it;s in the form of rock music, my clock tends to stop with Milton, Blake, Byron and Browning. This book serves as a timely reminder that the writing of relevant, quality poetry is still much alive and much needed. Keep up the good work.

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Nov 06, 2008

Beverly rated it

While books of poetry are not on my favorite genres to read, this wasn't half bad. If you're a poetry fan, you'll enjoy it.

A unique collection of intimate prose that shares the depth and soul of the author. Unscrambled Eggs has so many wonderfully written works of art that I hate to call it simple poetry. Thought provoking and intense the author seems to easily bring thoughts and issues to the front of your mind as you realize the truth behind so much of her writing. One of my fa...more

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Aug 12, 2009

Susan Sonnen rated it

Nadia Brown is a writer who speaks directly from the heart. So much so that many poems in Unscrambled Eggs are pointed, expressing her feelings directly, without ambiguity. Her poetry touches on life’s nuances as well as concrete details of the everyday experience with curiosity and candor.

While there are some grammatical and spelling errors in the text, there is no doubt of the passion that compelled her to publish and share her heart with the world. In her own words (from Words in...more

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Aug 26, 2011

Jacqueline Murray-bonno rated it

Awesome collection of poems, each so thought provoking and relevant to my experience.

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Jun 28, 2009

Lisa Lopez added it

reading now , interesting enough keeps me reading, that in it'self is good so far

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Jul 14, 2010

lita marked it as to-read

Kado ultah dari dokter tercinta...makasi ya, Ben :)

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Apr 26, 2008

Tammy rated it

Nadia Brown presents a collection of poems that is a rich tapestry of words. 'Unscrambled Eggs", is intimate and compelling coming across sometimes as a confession, then again, reflective. Brown’s poems often speak to her readers in imperatives, giving the reader quite a lot to ponder.

Ms. Brown has a way with a metaphor, creating an interesting expression of imagery that tickles one’s imagination.

I think you will enjoy this book, and like me, you will be revisiting...more

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Mar 27, 2010

E.J. Matze rated it

Recommends it for: poets

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Poetry in it's purest form.

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Jan 04, 2012

Yvonne Glasgow rated it

Thanks again first reads for a wonderful free win! Unscrambled Eggs is a wonderfully descriptive compilation of vivid poetry. Amazing to read and inspiring!

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Jun 07, 2010

Nadia rated it

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UNSCRAMBLED EGGS is my first book of poetry, and I hope most people will enjoy this collection--even those who don't necessarily read poems. Percy Bysshe Shelley said it best:

"Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted."

And my hope is, that Unscrambled Eggs will do the same for its readers!

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Jul 23, 2009

Valerie rated it

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This collection of evocative, heartfelt and well-crafted poems speak to many aspects of the human experience. Nadia Brown's carefully selected and nuanced words wrangle with weighty topics of identity, human relationships and pain without ever feeling overdone.

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Nov 18, 2008

W.H. Jr. rated it

Wonderful book of poetry! Award winning!

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