By the author of the wildly successful 2am Thoughts, comes Nineteen - titled after the poet's age when she wrote this new book. Nineteen is a collection of poetry that broaches heartbreak, love, loss, war, peace, and healing.
For every place we go, there is a feeling or memory that's been painted on the walls. You can paint over it, but it will always be there. Even if you can't see it, you know.
You can feel the heartbreak inside the bedroom where you lost a love.
You can feel the hope at the coffee shop where a beginning happened.
You can feel the healing as you sit in the driver's seat, in charge of your own life.
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[The walls are moving closer / No matter how much I scream / kick, and yell, no one seems to hear / or care? THE BEDROOM]***
(Central Avenue Publishing, 3 March 2020, 192 pages, e-book, copy from the publisher via # NetGalley and voluntarily reviewed)
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This is my first time reading the poet. I really enjoyed this and will track down 2am Thoughts. I enjoyed the concept of this collection, poems focused around areas that hold specific memories of a lost love such as the coffee shop where the lovers met. The poems felt very real to me as if the poet was sharing her own memories and experiences with me. The poems aren't necessary very deep but they felt very real and powerful at times. I connected with these.
