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niamhelizabethfennell's review against another edition
5.0
I really enjoyed reading this, I loved every single poem (which of course is impressive enough as it’s no easy feat creating a collection of poems which are all so wonderfully paced and with beautiful imagery without getting repetitive or dull). Not only does Pascale Petit offer a very interesting sort of chronicle of Frida Kahlo’s life by dedicating a poem to each painting but also just as a stand-alone work of art, Pascale Petit’s poetry is beautiful, and I can’t rate it highly enough.
bookishmamablooms's review against another edition
5.0
This is a fantastic collection. So beautifully connected to one of my favorite artists but also wonderful in its own merit.
axelly's review against another edition
5.0
« What the Water Gave Me » came to me a couple of years ago, I found one Pascale Petit’s poems as I was scrolling down my feed and I did not know she had written them at the time, I thought they were by Frida Kahlo since she had written poems in her famous dairy. That is how beautiful and alive Pascale Petit’s collection of poems are. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, so I finally researched “What the Water Gave Me poem” and that’s when I found out it was all written by Pascale Petit. And this made me even more excited, to know that Frida had inspired a poet to write about her paintings and her life. This was my kind of stuff. So I bought it and read it front to back in one sitting, and yes, I loved it.
As I read each poem, I felt this sense of closeness and warmth with Frida and her paintings, parts I understood, parts I had already written down somewhere long ago and parts that took me places I had never known. It’s a beautiful flow of paint, skies, fruits and love, and also pieces of Frida that we discover or see in a different light.
This was a joy to read, it feels like these poems are for healing, I don’t know why or how (that’s what’s great about poetry) but it really felt like that. Like a ritual through water, through rebirth, closing wounds, painting and writing over them.
As I read each poem, I felt this sense of closeness and warmth with Frida and her paintings, parts I understood, parts I had already written down somewhere long ago and parts that took me places I had never known. It’s a beautiful flow of paint, skies, fruits and love, and also pieces of Frida that we discover or see in a different light.
This was a joy to read, it feels like these poems are for healing, I don’t know why or how (that’s what’s great about poetry) but it really felt like that. Like a ritual through water, through rebirth, closing wounds, painting and writing over them.
axellyelly's review
5.0
« What the Water Gave Me » came to me a couple of years ago, I found one Pascale Petit’s poems as I was scrolling down my feed and I did not know she had written them at the time, I thought they were by Frida Kahlo since she had written poems in her famous dairy. That is how beautiful and alive Pascale Petit’s collection of poems are. I couldn’t stop thinking about it, so I finally researched “What the Water Gave Me poem” and that’s when I found out it was all written by Pascale Petit. And this made me even more excited, to know that Frida had inspired a poet to write about her paintings and her life. This was my kind of stuff. So I bought it and read it front to back in one sitting, and yes, I loved it.
As I read each poem, I felt this sense of closeness and warmth with Frida and her paintings, parts I understood, parts I had already written down somewhere long ago and parts that took me places I had never known. It’s a beautiful flow of paint, skies, fruits and love, and also pieces of Frida that we discover or see in a different light.
This was a joy to read, it feels like these poems are for healing, I don’t know why or how (that’s what’s great about poetry) but it really felt like that. Like a ritual through water, through rebirth, closing wounds, painting and writing over them.
As I read each poem, I felt this sense of closeness and warmth with Frida and her paintings, parts I understood, parts I had already written down somewhere long ago and parts that took me places I had never known. It’s a beautiful flow of paint, skies, fruits and love, and also pieces of Frida that we discover or see in a different light.
This was a joy to read, it feels like these poems are for healing, I don’t know why or how (that’s what’s great about poetry) but it really felt like that. Like a ritual through water, through rebirth, closing wounds, painting and writing over them.
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