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When The Parachute Doesn't Open
When The Parachute Doesn't Open, what happens when you fall?
Will you think about everything you accomplished or everything you haven't done? This collection of poetry is derived from just this. What could have happened and what you can do about it.
When you fall,
make sure you have no stone upturned and nothing to wish you never did,
When The Parachute Doesn't Open
Will you think about everything you accomplished or everything you haven't done? This collection of poetry is derived from just this. What could have happened and what you can do about it.
When you fall,
make sure you have no stone upturned and nothing to wish you never did,
When The Parachute Doesn't Open
112 pages, Paperback
Published April 13, 2019
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April 1, 2019
Full disclosure, I was given a copy of her book for BETA read and now I am giving my review.
When The Parachute Doesn't Open is a collection of poems and gorgeous illustrations. The theme is similar to her other poetry books, showing the raw and sometimes ugly side of anxiety and depression.
Chelsea is able to capture her audience immediately with poetry that is profoundly relatable. Chelsea strategically shows throughout the collection how she can relate to those struggling, how they are not alone, and how they can be their own warrior. After reading her work, you have a sense of calm, hope and purpose. Her mental health poetry collections continue to inspire me to help others through my writing by showing my true self, just as Chelsea has in her work. You never know who may be just like you.
When The Parachute Doesn't Open is a collection of poems and gorgeous illustrations. The theme is similar to her other poetry books, showing the raw and sometimes ugly side of anxiety and depression.
Chelsea is able to capture her audience immediately with poetry that is profoundly relatable. Chelsea strategically shows throughout the collection how she can relate to those struggling, how they are not alone, and how they can be their own warrior. After reading her work, you have a sense of calm, hope and purpose. Her mental health poetry collections continue to inspire me to help others through my writing by showing my true self, just as Chelsea has in her work. You never know who may be just like you.
April 2, 2019
Let's just stop for a second and appreciate this cover and the fact that there is a new poetry book by Chelsea Girard. Okay, everyone ready? Because I have a lot to say.
First of all, even before I started reading I knew I would be an emotional wreck once I started, because from past reading experience with this author's books that was what ended up happening. And I was right. I was crying, smiling, feeling empowered, inspired, connected with my memories and I felt as if someone finally got what I had been trying to say.
That's the power of Chelsea Girard's melodic writing style. She knows how to takes us on this journey through our own heart, soul and mind, by giving us not only food for thought, but also by provoking emotions and calling memories. That's something I have always loved about her books and this one was another collection of poems that touched my heart.
I may have broken down in front of you
But that doesn't mean
I broke down because of you.
~ Chelsea Girard
A lot of poems took me down memory lane. I remembered my past, I thought about my own experiences, and some poems connected with that as if they were my words, the words for the feelings I had at that time. Other poems made me think about those memories in a new light.
There are some poems here she was like redacted, obscured, most of the text but some chosen words. I loved that concept in the book, because sometimes we do that in our lives, we obscure some parts of what we are feeling or thinking. At least, I know I do that.
I was also inspired, and I have had new ideas for stories I'm working on, because of the emotions I felt, because the poems connected with a characters I had in my mind, because I started to thinking about something I hadn't wonder about before. So the poems were thought provoking to me.
Overall, I loved this collection of poems. I loved how I felt connected to this energy, this essence that is part of all of us.
I felt calm in the end, after the rollercoaster of emotions, memories and thoughts, I felt at home. Just like I feel after talking to my mom or my best friends. I felt like that because it was like I had poured out my heart and had someone that loved me beside me, listening, giving me hugs and understanding what I could and couldn't say out-loud.
An amazing and powerful book that I highly recommend. That's it...
First of all, even before I started reading I knew I would be an emotional wreck once I started, because from past reading experience with this author's books that was what ended up happening. And I was right. I was crying, smiling, feeling empowered, inspired, connected with my memories and I felt as if someone finally got what I had been trying to say.
That's the power of Chelsea Girard's melodic writing style. She knows how to takes us on this journey through our own heart, soul and mind, by giving us not only food for thought, but also by provoking emotions and calling memories. That's something I have always loved about her books and this one was another collection of poems that touched my heart.
I may have broken down in front of you
But that doesn't mean
I broke down because of you.
~ Chelsea Girard
A lot of poems took me down memory lane. I remembered my past, I thought about my own experiences, and some poems connected with that as if they were my words, the words for the feelings I had at that time. Other poems made me think about those memories in a new light.
There are some poems here she was like redacted, obscured, most of the text but some chosen words. I loved that concept in the book, because sometimes we do that in our lives, we obscure some parts of what we are feeling or thinking. At least, I know I do that.
I was also inspired, and I have had new ideas for stories I'm working on, because of the emotions I felt, because the poems connected with a characters I had in my mind, because I started to thinking about something I hadn't wonder about before. So the poems were thought provoking to me.
Overall, I loved this collection of poems. I loved how I felt connected to this energy, this essence that is part of all of us.
I felt calm in the end, after the rollercoaster of emotions, memories and thoughts, I felt at home. Just like I feel after talking to my mom or my best friends. I felt like that because it was like I had poured out my heart and had someone that loved me beside me, listening, giving me hugs and understanding what I could and couldn't say out-loud.
An amazing and powerful book that I highly recommend. That's it...
April 25, 2019
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A lot of really relatable poems and feelings in this one and I really connected to all of them. There wasn't as much cohesion as I would have liked - a lot of the poems were good on their own, but they didn't flow together as much as I wanted them too. I definitely love Chelsea's poetry and will continue to read everything that she writes and publishes!
"Are you ever scared to close your eyes
Because you're afraid
The darkness may still be there
When you open them?"
A lot of really relatable poems and feelings in this one and I really connected to all of them. There wasn't as much cohesion as I would have liked - a lot of the poems were good on their own, but they didn't flow together as much as I wanted them too. I definitely love Chelsea's poetry and will continue to read everything that she writes and publishes!
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