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Pansy by Andrea Gibson

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pheebabeeba_'s review against another edition

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emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective relaxing sad medium-paced

5.0

While some the subject matters of this poem collection were rather grim (e.g. mental illnesses, illness, racism/hate crimes, sexual assault) there are also a decent amount of bittersweet poems of past loves. 

My favourites were “A Letter To My Dog Exploring The Human Condition” (p.21-25), “The Madness Vase, AKA The Nutritionist” (p.26-29), “A Letter To White Queers, A Letter To Myself” (p.35-37), “LALALOL” (p.41), “Things That Don’t Suck” (p.45), “Etiquette Leash”(p.67-70), “The Privilege Is Never Having To Think About It” (p.79-81), “Prism” (p. 83-86), “Ballad Of The Unused Tandem Bike” (p.91-93), ”Before The Fever Broke” (p.103-104) and ”Honey” (p.112-115). 

I like the way Andrea Gibson writes. Everything is so wordy and pretty and passionate. 
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challenging emotional reflective sad medium-paced

5.0

This is one of my favourite poetry collections I've ever read. I felt everything Andrea Gibson wrote with such an intensity that it surprised me. I laughed, I cried, I reflected. Some of my favourite poems included:
  • A Letter to My Dog Exploring the Human Condition
  • The Madness Vase
  • A Letter to White Queers
  • Panic Button Collector
    • If you're someone living with OCD, this poem might especially resonate with you!
  • Etiquette Leash

I'm grateful for the chance to read this work and highly recommend it to others (but please consult the content warnings).
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