Scan barcode
wuthrinheights's review against another edition
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
5.0
Usually poetry books need some time to digest. You sit with it, ponder, let the words wash over you in order to understand its meanings. And yes, this book would've been better if I had taken my time reading it but her words were so fresh, so delightful, it was like digesting liquid.
I could see some similarities between her works and mine, that sometimes I felt like a voice inside me goes "oh, hi!" As if greeting an old friend. We've ran through the moors together one time. We knew each other once.
Her works speak of various subjects; life and death, love and marriages, womanhood. I love that she included nature imageries and used crystals in her writings.
And here are several favourite lines from this collection:
I could see some similarities between her works and mine, that sometimes I felt like a voice inside me goes "oh, hi!" As if greeting an old friend. We've ran through the moors together one time. We knew each other once.
Her works speak of various subjects; life and death, love and marriages, womanhood. I love that she included nature imageries and used crystals in her writings.
And here are several favourite lines from this collection:
Hope is the thing with feathers
That perches in the soul
Good-by to the life I used to live,
And the world I used to know;
And kiss the hills for me, just once;
Now I am ready to go!
How dreary to be somebody!
They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars,
Like petals from a rose
The wind tapped like a tired man
This is my letter to the world,
That never wrote to me
I'm glad I picked up this book, I had so many favourite pieces and I'd love to pick it up again someday. Reading this tonight felt like bumping into a stranger and immediately liking them, knowing you'd be friends for a lifetime.
alanffm's review
4.0
Emily Dockinson makes the banal exciting and the monotonousness adventurous. I've never quite read poetry like hers before. This was a great book, and I hope to read more of her works in the future. 4/5
bethanyviolet's review
4.0
that poem i cannot live without you had me hysterically sobbing in a public library. nobody understands her like i do (she definitely harboured street-cats in her home and scared children on halloween). we miss you ems
wellitscris's review against another edition
dark
emotional
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.5