Genre: Poetry, Psychology, Autobiography
If I'm being honest when I first opened this collection to have a read, I was not entirely sure what to expect - would it be another collection of love poems portraying heartache and betrayal, lacking in originality; but I must say what I got was completely unexpected.
In this collection, Self delves deep into her inner psyche, showing a vulnerability, and portraying deep subconscious manifestations.
The way this book is constructed is extremely clever, as a whole it weaves and tells a pyschological narrative, but individually each section and poems raises and discusses important and thought-provoking topics in a reasoned and expressive way.
One thing I was concerned about is having prose alongside the verse, but actually this added a different dimension to each piece, providing additional narrative, insights and context to what is covered in each verse and poem - the synergy worked in completely harmony with eachother and I surprisingly enjoyed it.
After finishing the collection, and for that manner, any collection of poetry I am reading, I like to stop and think about what I have just read and I found this collection very reflective, which in turn made me internalise and reflect on myself and the memories I hold onto and items that would be in as my 'possessions'.
I gave this four out of five stars because I thoroughly enjoyed reading the verse and the poems contained within this collection, however, one thing I think would have liked to see within this collection is more variety of poetical forms included. I do like the train of thought styled form, and I do think it works extremely well within this collection, but I feel it would have been more impactful when used less - the old adage, less is more. I would most certainly read more from this poet in the future.
If I'm being honest when I first opened this collection to have a read, I was not entirely sure what to expect - would it be another collection of love poems portraying heartache and betrayal, lacking in originality; but I must say what I got was completely unexpected.
In this collection, Self delves deep into her inner psyche, showing a vulnerability, and portraying deep subconscious manifestations.
The way this book is constructed is extremely clever, as a whole it weaves and tells a pyschological narrative, but individually each section and poems raises and discusses important and thought-provoking topics in a reasoned and expressive way.
One thing I was concerned about is having prose alongside the verse, but actually this added a different dimension to each piece, providing additional narrative, insights and context to what is covered in each verse and poem - the synergy worked in completely harmony with eachother and I surprisingly enjoyed it.
After finishing the collection, and for that manner, any collection of poetry I am reading, I like to stop and think about what I have just read and I found this collection very reflective, which in turn made me internalise and reflect on myself and the memories I hold onto and items that would be in as my 'possessions'.
I gave this four out of five stars because I thoroughly enjoyed reading the verse and the poems contained within this collection, however, one thing I think would have liked to see within this collection is more variety of poetical forms included. I do like the train of thought styled form, and I do think it works extremely well within this collection, but I feel it would have been more impactful when used less - the old adage, less is more. I would most certainly read more from this poet in the future.
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