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Withered Rising
These pieces reflect on the aftermath of a withered rising, where oneself must encounter heart break after heart break in order to find a light worth fighting for.
48 pages, Paperback
Published August 28, 2023
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December 1, 2023
I’m normally not a big poetry reader but the author is someone with online work that I love so I read this and fell in love. It was a journey from piece to piece, and I could feel her emotions from page one.
September 28, 2024
I loved the poetry, very well written
August 17, 2024
I loved it once, and I loved it twice. I decided to re-read this amazing collection by May Garner and to write a little review!
“Withered Rising” –
First of all, the title is so damn fitting. The themes and imagery of withering, and then rising from it all (like a phoenix) is so prominent throughout the entire collection that I can't imagine it being called anything else.
The melancholy and heartache in this collection is so vivid and personal, yet relatable – you feel it in your bones either way.
I'm absolutely in love with the flow of the pieces – they transition from one into the other seamlessly (in a way that you can see the growth and change happening!)
There are also references in later poems that take me back/remind me of ones that came before it – absolute genius.
May's work always astounds me, and “Withered Rising” is no exception!
I'll leave you with a quote from one of my favorite pieces:
“All of me and the wilted petals I hang from.
How lovely it felt to give my beating heart to you,” (from 'The Wilted Petals I Hang From')
“Withered Rising” –
First of all, the title is so damn fitting. The themes and imagery of withering, and then rising from it all (like a phoenix) is so prominent throughout the entire collection that I can't imagine it being called anything else.
The melancholy and heartache in this collection is so vivid and personal, yet relatable – you feel it in your bones either way.
I'm absolutely in love with the flow of the pieces – they transition from one into the other seamlessly (in a way that you can see the growth and change happening!)
There are also references in later poems that take me back/remind me of ones that came before it – absolute genius.
May's work always astounds me, and “Withered Rising” is no exception!
I'll leave you with a quote from one of my favorite pieces:
“All of me and the wilted petals I hang from.
How lovely it felt to give my beating heart to you,” (from 'The Wilted Petals I Hang From')
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