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Ninety Days
This book is a collection of poems that will take the reader through the journey of love and heartbreak. Ninety days is a personal look at the events that have scarred and inspired the author. The collection attempts to capture the nuances of love, and some of the hardships that come with shattered relationships. Ninety days is separated into six Attraction, Intimacy, Uncertainty, Betrayal, Nostalgia, and Healing. These sections highlight the journey towards self-love and wholeness. Join the author on this voyage of exploration.
136 pages, Paperback
Published February 2, 2021
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March 7, 2022
In her second book, Ninety Days, author Chyenne Daley shares a collection of poems about tragic love life. Broken down into six stages: Attraction, Intimacy, Uncertainty, Betrayal, Nostalgia, and Healing. Through her poems Daley depicts the good, the bad, and the ugly side of falling in love, facing the denial and gaslighting of a cheater, and recovering from the heartache and mental problems that can arise from a toxic relationship.
These collections of poems are graphic and depict a powerful truth of what some women and men go through when facing a cheater; worse, a toxic cheater. Daley uses very few metaphors in her poetry. Her poems are very blunt, direct and there is almost no room for misinterpreting her words. “There was always red flags, There is always red flags.”
At the beginning of Daley’s book, the poems began with rhythm. As I continued reading her collection, the poems slowly lose rhythm and became more symbolic. For example, “I remember when I saw those eyes, I knew they were for me, I declared you my own before you even got, the chance to know me…” The beginning of this poem has a decent rhythm to it, but by the end: “Protecting myself such ideas was, Essential despite the potential bliss, I could have eaten you up almost immediately, But I told myself to wait.” The poem’s end is abrupt with the change in rhythm, and I was pleasantly surprised by the change of pace.
I liked that the author didn’t stick to one way of writing poetry, instead she jumped from strong symbolism without rhythm or focus on a balance between rhythm and symbolism. This leaves the author’s poetry open for interpretation and unpredictable. In the section of Uncertainly the author looks to have shifted perspective from first POV to second POV. Where the author used “I” and “me,” Daley uses “You.” “…Will you take it as a sign to proceed, Will you risk the danger…” I do not know if this is intentional, but it threw me for a loop. I was not expecting this change in POV so abruptly. I did have to take a step back to reread the poem again but it didn’t take away from the meaning of the poem. I found Daley’s poetry deep and I easily connected to the emotional content.
Ninety Days is an emotion invoking read that will have you wanting more. This thought-provoking collection of poetry will have readers experiencing a wide span of emotions.
These collections of poems are graphic and depict a powerful truth of what some women and men go through when facing a cheater; worse, a toxic cheater. Daley uses very few metaphors in her poetry. Her poems are very blunt, direct and there is almost no room for misinterpreting her words. “There was always red flags, There is always red flags.”
At the beginning of Daley’s book, the poems began with rhythm. As I continued reading her collection, the poems slowly lose rhythm and became more symbolic. For example, “I remember when I saw those eyes, I knew they were for me, I declared you my own before you even got, the chance to know me…” The beginning of this poem has a decent rhythm to it, but by the end: “Protecting myself such ideas was, Essential despite the potential bliss, I could have eaten you up almost immediately, But I told myself to wait.” The poem’s end is abrupt with the change in rhythm, and I was pleasantly surprised by the change of pace.
I liked that the author didn’t stick to one way of writing poetry, instead she jumped from strong symbolism without rhythm or focus on a balance between rhythm and symbolism. This leaves the author’s poetry open for interpretation and unpredictable. In the section of Uncertainly the author looks to have shifted perspective from first POV to second POV. Where the author used “I” and “me,” Daley uses “You.” “…Will you take it as a sign to proceed, Will you risk the danger…” I do not know if this is intentional, but it threw me for a loop. I was not expecting this change in POV so abruptly. I did have to take a step back to reread the poem again but it didn’t take away from the meaning of the poem. I found Daley’s poetry deep and I easily connected to the emotional content.
Ninety Days is an emotion invoking read that will have you wanting more. This thought-provoking collection of poetry will have readers experiencing a wide span of emotions.
February 16, 2022
Poetry is often overlooked when people wander through the bookstore; trying to find something to curl up with, to bring them to life. Ninety Days by Chyenne Daley is a sweet little book that covers the rapid burning of a new love as it falls to the flames of betrayal and cools with healing. It is clear that Daley put her whole soul into this book which I can only assume reflects a real and personal relationship she is healing from. She says herself as she thanks the reader at the end for allowing her to turn her pain into art.
Criticizing poetry is always difficult. By nature, poetry is a very vulnerable baring of the soul to the reader: a concrete description of the internal workings of the poet’s mind. Feelings are generally ethereal things that you can’t quite put your finger on. A book of poetry makes those feelings tangible; solid. Daley clearly experienced a rollercoaster of emotion in her relationship with the Unknown Man. The book starts off exciting and thrilling as it describes the intimacies of the relationship. However, it quickly turns sour, and she finds herself in despair before granting herself space to heal.
The book is short and therefore extremely fast-paced. It’s difficult to figure out if this was a ninety-day relationship or if a long-standing relationship went sour within ninety days. Each poem covers a specific time period or emotion tied to the relationship and are quite lengthy. That being said, the lack of punctuation in some of the pieces make them a bit hard to read and the forcing of rhyme in others reduces the impact the poem could have potentially held.
Poetry is extremely personal and it’s not going to hit every reader the same. While I may not have felt gripped by this book, there will be those out there who are totally overcome with the emotion Daley pours from her pages. It is raw and real, it’s just doesn’t hit me the way it could have.
Ninety Days by Chyenne Daley is a short book of poetry with a very creative cover. The poems within follow Daley’s relationship as it begins with the fires of passion and is doused by the cruel waters of betrayal. Daley shares her pain and eventual recovery from this relationship that didn’t seem like it was meant to last. A decent addition to any poetry lover’s bookshelf.
Criticizing poetry is always difficult. By nature, poetry is a very vulnerable baring of the soul to the reader: a concrete description of the internal workings of the poet’s mind. Feelings are generally ethereal things that you can’t quite put your finger on. A book of poetry makes those feelings tangible; solid. Daley clearly experienced a rollercoaster of emotion in her relationship with the Unknown Man. The book starts off exciting and thrilling as it describes the intimacies of the relationship. However, it quickly turns sour, and she finds herself in despair before granting herself space to heal.
The book is short and therefore extremely fast-paced. It’s difficult to figure out if this was a ninety-day relationship or if a long-standing relationship went sour within ninety days. Each poem covers a specific time period or emotion tied to the relationship and are quite lengthy. That being said, the lack of punctuation in some of the pieces make them a bit hard to read and the forcing of rhyme in others reduces the impact the poem could have potentially held.
Poetry is extremely personal and it’s not going to hit every reader the same. While I may not have felt gripped by this book, there will be those out there who are totally overcome with the emotion Daley pours from her pages. It is raw and real, it’s just doesn’t hit me the way it could have.
Ninety Days by Chyenne Daley is a short book of poetry with a very creative cover. The poems within follow Daley’s relationship as it begins with the fires of passion and is doused by the cruel waters of betrayal. Daley shares her pain and eventual recovery from this relationship that didn’t seem like it was meant to last. A decent addition to any poetry lover’s bookshelf.
February 2, 2022
Watch out/love bites
My favorite portion of Ninety Days by Chyenne Daley (beyond the cute, creative cover) is the very beginning, where she dedicates the book to “women who get labeled as broken/whose hearts have depth for years/who have noticed the passing of time/does not decrease the love for him.” I wish the writer would have shown these tender insights and restraint in the poems that followed, which tend to drag and border on the self-indulgent.
Daley wrote a short book of poetry that covers the basics of a relationship which begins hot and turns ugly, an experience many of us mortals have been through. The table of contents is labeled by the title of each poem: Attraction, Intimacy, Uncertainty, Betrayal, Nostalgia, and Healing. “Attraction” and “Intimacy” contain highly passionate, sometimes erotic language that is moving but also dampened a bit by what you know is a coming fall from the heights of blissful sex and love. And given how short the book is, you perceive that fall is coming fast. This might have been a better read if the poems were broken up, the thoughts more diverse, the journey of the relationship shown in a more nuanced, perhaps less one-sided way.
Those who revel in the thoughts and emotions of a strong woman seduced by and later scorned by the highs and lows of love will find this to be an engaging read. It’s certainly honest throughout. Daley likely learned from this experience and now knows what she wants in a man. Toward the end she writes: “I vibrate too high/My energy is too unique/Too expansive/Too liberating/We will never vibrate on the same frequency/I know you may not think so now/But I promise you I’ll be your biggest regret.” We all like to think this way when we’re dumped, but the truth is, oftentimes the person who did the dumping doesn’t give the dumped individual a second thought after a short period of time.
The book ends with two quickie poems about the benefits of sleep and gratitude, an odd way to conclude such an intense read.
My favorite portion of Ninety Days by Chyenne Daley (beyond the cute, creative cover) is the very beginning, where she dedicates the book to “women who get labeled as broken/whose hearts have depth for years/who have noticed the passing of time/does not decrease the love for him.” I wish the writer would have shown these tender insights and restraint in the poems that followed, which tend to drag and border on the self-indulgent.
Daley wrote a short book of poetry that covers the basics of a relationship which begins hot and turns ugly, an experience many of us mortals have been through. The table of contents is labeled by the title of each poem: Attraction, Intimacy, Uncertainty, Betrayal, Nostalgia, and Healing. “Attraction” and “Intimacy” contain highly passionate, sometimes erotic language that is moving but also dampened a bit by what you know is a coming fall from the heights of blissful sex and love. And given how short the book is, you perceive that fall is coming fast. This might have been a better read if the poems were broken up, the thoughts more diverse, the journey of the relationship shown in a more nuanced, perhaps less one-sided way.
Those who revel in the thoughts and emotions of a strong woman seduced by and later scorned by the highs and lows of love will find this to be an engaging read. It’s certainly honest throughout. Daley likely learned from this experience and now knows what she wants in a man. Toward the end she writes: “I vibrate too high/My energy is too unique/Too expansive/Too liberating/We will never vibrate on the same frequency/I know you may not think so now/But I promise you I’ll be your biggest regret.” We all like to think this way when we’re dumped, but the truth is, oftentimes the person who did the dumping doesn’t give the dumped individual a second thought after a short period of time.
The book ends with two quickie poems about the benefits of sleep and gratitude, an odd way to conclude such an intense read.
February 3, 2022
The purpose of poetry is to evoke an emotion. In her tiny book of poetry, Ninety Days, Cheyenne Daley does just that. And she evokes numerous emotions splendidly. Ninety Days is a collection of thought-provoking poems, of the cycle of love and heartbreak the author, as well as every other woman, has at least at one time experienced. The book is divided into six sections, each highlighting Daley’s path through heartbreak and toward self-love and wholeness. The poems are Daley’s path of exploration. She begins the trip with attraction, then intimacy, uncertainty, betrayal followed by nostalgia, and finally healing.
Daley’s style wells up emotions every woman has experienced at least one time in her life. We can all relate to her words. We are happy and saddened along with the author, memories of our own coming back to the surface of our minds. I was able to relate to many of the verses. I loved the flow of her writing, the way Daley exposed her true feelings, resurfacing my own.
The poems had no rhythm, and in that, had a unique rhythm. Freestyle. No specific rhythm or rhyme, yet the flow moved my eyes along as though it did. I was captivated by the word choice. I didn’t want to stop reading. The poems caused so many memories to resurface, I felt I knew Daley personally. As though we experienced the same rejections.
The pace of Daley’s verses is chaotic, yet organized. I can’t explain how the pace kept my eyes reading, while the chaotic appearance of the verses seemed somewhat organized. Phenomenal.
I am giving Ninety Days, by Cheyenne Daley, 5 out of 5 stars. This book of poems was brilliantly written. Daley definitely evoked emotion and captured my attention with every line of her poetry.
Daley’s style wells up emotions every woman has experienced at least one time in her life. We can all relate to her words. We are happy and saddened along with the author, memories of our own coming back to the surface of our minds. I was able to relate to many of the verses. I loved the flow of her writing, the way Daley exposed her true feelings, resurfacing my own.
The poems had no rhythm, and in that, had a unique rhythm. Freestyle. No specific rhythm or rhyme, yet the flow moved my eyes along as though it did. I was captivated by the word choice. I didn’t want to stop reading. The poems caused so many memories to resurface, I felt I knew Daley personally. As though we experienced the same rejections.
The pace of Daley’s verses is chaotic, yet organized. I can’t explain how the pace kept my eyes reading, while the chaotic appearance of the verses seemed somewhat organized. Phenomenal.
I am giving Ninety Days, by Cheyenne Daley, 5 out of 5 stars. This book of poems was brilliantly written. Daley definitely evoked emotion and captured my attention with every line of her poetry.
February 17, 2022
Ninety Days is a collection of poems inspired by author Chyenne Daley’s experiences with love and heartbreak. The reader is taken on a journey that depicts the events that Daley has gone through and finds self-love in the end. Some poems captivate the essence of love, intimacy, betrayal, healing, and many more themes.
Author Daley has expertly captured the experiences that many of us have faced when it comes to love and the hardships of relationships. Daley’s writing is raw and unmasked, allowing the reader to connect with the author and really feel in the moment. The flow of the poems all had different formats, some had rhymes and others didn’t. This didn’t take away from the book but it did make it a unique read.
The author’s writing is very powerful and really captivated me taking me on a rollercoaster of emotions. I wouldn’t say this book is specifically geared towards women because men too have experienced the bliss of love and the heartache of a breakup. Ninety Days is a short and quick read but will take you on an emotional adventure that one is not prepared for. I highly recommend this book to all especially those who are looking to move on from the past.
Author Daley has expertly captured the experiences that many of us have faced when it comes to love and the hardships of relationships. Daley’s writing is raw and unmasked, allowing the reader to connect with the author and really feel in the moment. The flow of the poems all had different formats, some had rhymes and others didn’t. This didn’t take away from the book but it did make it a unique read.
The author’s writing is very powerful and really captivated me taking me on a rollercoaster of emotions. I wouldn’t say this book is specifically geared towards women because men too have experienced the bliss of love and the heartache of a breakup. Ninety Days is a short and quick read but will take you on an emotional adventure that one is not prepared for. I highly recommend this book to all especially those who are looking to move on from the past.
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