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Not Love
What is this unstoppable feeling
I am unable to control?
It maddens me
It pains me
It invades me
Causing chaos
And I’m not able to respond.
I am unable to control?
It maddens me
It pains me
It invades me
Causing chaos
And I’m not able to respond.
71 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 28, 2018
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March 29, 2018
I'll share one of my favorite poems from the book, "Conclusion":
Today I discovered, / I love me more than you / for I can’t live without me, / but I can survive without you.
Today I concluded, / I need me more than you / for without me I die, / and without you I’m still alive.
As you can see, each poem is super short, concise, and to the point. Throughout the book, there’s a mix of poems that describe feeling hurt that the person didn’t want her back, or she’s still getting over “what could’ve been.” I liked “Conclusion” because it seemed to stick out to me—it showed a bit of strength that I think most people experience when they know they’re finally no longer in love, or they’re over a relationship.
But overall, these poems were easy to read, easy to enjoy, and a fun reminder (or maybe not-so-fun) reminder of what it was like to be a younger kid and wanting to be in love but being pushed away. That is Wood’s strength: even though she is now a mother of her own children, she easily taps into this voice of being a pre-teen or teen. It sounds like something any of us would’ve written if we had some feelings to express in high school.
My main drawback was likely the lack of extra insight that I wanted to see with these poems. I didn’t know the book contained poems for three separate people; there wasn’t any language to help us figure out which boy she’s speaking to or how old she is. I think many of the poems were missing out on those images and details so we could sit deeper in these poems. I’m not sure if Woods wanted to tap into the universal feelings we all have about wanting to love someone who doesn’t love us back or not, but you don’t get the detail about the three crushes within the novel itself; you have to find it on her website.
So overall, I think she could’ve gone a bit deeper with some, if not most, of the poems. I know I’m not much of a poet myself (I sure tried to write some in middle school), but I know a major part of writing a poem is to fit a lot of emotion into a stanza as possible.
This book of poetry is a breezy read if that’s your thing. You can read through all of them in under an hour! The poems are also appropriate for young readers as well as adults. Woods keeps the language clean for all kinds of poetry lovers.
Today I discovered, / I love me more than you / for I can’t live without me, / but I can survive without you.
Today I concluded, / I need me more than you / for without me I die, / and without you I’m still alive.
As you can see, each poem is super short, concise, and to the point. Throughout the book, there’s a mix of poems that describe feeling hurt that the person didn’t want her back, or she’s still getting over “what could’ve been.” I liked “Conclusion” because it seemed to stick out to me—it showed a bit of strength that I think most people experience when they know they’re finally no longer in love, or they’re over a relationship.
But overall, these poems were easy to read, easy to enjoy, and a fun reminder (or maybe not-so-fun) reminder of what it was like to be a younger kid and wanting to be in love but being pushed away. That is Wood’s strength: even though she is now a mother of her own children, she easily taps into this voice of being a pre-teen or teen. It sounds like something any of us would’ve written if we had some feelings to express in high school.
My main drawback was likely the lack of extra insight that I wanted to see with these poems. I didn’t know the book contained poems for three separate people; there wasn’t any language to help us figure out which boy she’s speaking to or how old she is. I think many of the poems were missing out on those images and details so we could sit deeper in these poems. I’m not sure if Woods wanted to tap into the universal feelings we all have about wanting to love someone who doesn’t love us back or not, but you don’t get the detail about the three crushes within the novel itself; you have to find it on her website.
So overall, I think she could’ve gone a bit deeper with some, if not most, of the poems. I know I’m not much of a poet myself (I sure tried to write some in middle school), but I know a major part of writing a poem is to fit a lot of emotion into a stanza as possible.
This book of poetry is a breezy read if that’s your thing. You can read through all of them in under an hour! The poems are also appropriate for young readers as well as adults. Woods keeps the language clean for all kinds of poetry lovers.
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