I Write Riddles and Remedies: Poems about life, love and loss

by C. Swart

C. Swart is an acclaimed poet, known for her compelling exploration of the human psyche. With a deep-seated passion for unraveling the complexities of thought and emotion, Swart's latest work, "I Write Riddles and Remedies" delves deep into the labyrinth of the mind, offering readers a profound and introspective journey. Combining a keen psychological insight with a unique writing style, Swart curates words that challenge perceptions and invites readers to confront their own inner conflicts. Her unique voice and thoughtful poems establish Swart as a noteworthy and influential figure in contemporary literature.

128 pages, Paperback

Published September 28, 2024

Reviews

[Zowie Norris · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully penned emotions

I have enjoyed experiencing Chantelle’s poetry on social media - her poems are full of emotion, passion and vivid imagery, so I devoured this book of ‘Riddles and Remedies’.
As a reader, the poetry takes you on a heartfelt and figurative journey about the vastness and magic of living on our planet , finding love, loosing love, the feeling of loss and building yourself back up again. Totally relatable and well written.
My favourites are ‘Mother Nature’s Ethos’ - love the imagery, ‘ ‘Where do I fall?’ As I love the curiosity and thought in this one, ‘Hypocrisy’ - because of the raw honesty and emotion and ‘Rivers of me’ and ‘Tranquil Dawn’ because of the clever use of figurative language- metaphor and personification in particular.
If you love poetry - you will love this book.

[Christy Granger · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good poems

A few really stood out to me! Would definitely read this again. I felt the writer's emotions, all of them.

[Eve L-A Witherington · Rating 5 out of 5]

This poetry collection focuses on the power of language as connection whether through reading or speaking and also focuses on the beauty of night-time falling and feeling small in the world under the cover of the night sky and at peace as nature speaks.

Some stand out poems to me were:

Your Hands, how the one you love so deeply can affect you simply by touch.

Poetry Falls, about how easily you can write and be a poet when it's in your nature and it flows from you as natural as breathing.

A beautiful book and fantastic intriguing title alluding to how as a poet to others you can be seen as writing or speaking in riddles but the writing to you is therapy.