In nectar, Chisala guides readers through a beautiful process of growth and renewal. These poems celebrate our always complex, sometimes troubled roots while encouraging us to grow through and beyond them toward a passionate self-love. Chisala's hope is that her words will encourage readers to sow seeds of change in their own lives and the lives of others.
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(Andrews McMeel Publishing, 1 October 2019, 176 pages, ebook, ARC from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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I'm sorry to say but this collection of so-called poetry sucked big time. I hasten to call anything in its pages a poem. I've got no issue with short poetry. I've written many short poems myself. A short poem doesn't mean the poet can be lazy and just stick words together which was often the case here. Many of the 'poems' were only 1 line long. These poems and the 2 line ones barely resembled poetry. One of the 'poems' on offer is what have you learned about yourself lately. I kid you not. This is not a poem in my book. Sorry. Many of the pieces on offer here are lists. I also hated the fact none of them have a title. There are longer poems that almost work and I thought, we might be getting onto something here but no, the next three pages would have one line of nonsense on them masquerading as a poem. The subjects covered are wide and have depth but the content never does them justice.
