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A review by wordsandnocturnes
Please Pick Me by Reina Regina
adventurous
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
4.0
Please Pick Me is a book by Reina Regina filled with free verse poetry and a collection of words, with elegant illustrations serving as dividers between different sections. I think this was the first ever actual book of poetry that I’ve read, and it didn’t disappoint. As the introduction tells us, the title “Please Pick Me” is about having the strength within ourselves but not being given the chance to demonstrate this strength. This is a view that I haven’t seen much in poetry before, especially since there is a lot of poetry out there focusing on finding the strength within ourselves. Given my experience with poetry, I could be wrong, and there could be a lot of this type of poetry out there, so forgive me if I made a mistake, my friends.
Normally, I find free verse poetry difficult to get into. There isn’t a certain rhythm or any proper rules when it comes to free verse, and while that gives ample freedom for poets, it just seems easy to get disconnected and put off by. However, the poetry in Please Pick Me were easy to read because they were not formatted in the manner of one spamming line breaks.Some of the free verse I’ve read here and there have been in the line break spam format, which naturally detracted my attention from the overall poem. Well, you won’t find that problem in this book. The poems had their own rhythm in a way, and it was a steady, comforting rhythm that didn’t aim to throw you off reading the entire book.
Please Pick Me is divided into four sections: flowers, thorns, seeds, and roses. Each section explores different themes, including family and love. It maintains the general style a lot of poetry has to relate to its readers while also being oddly specific in some ways. This was particularly evident to me in the family section. I find it that section a powerful reminder that relationships among family members are equally important as romance and friendships, which is something that can be easily forgotten in recent media that is over-saturated with romantic sexual relationships.
A few of my favourites from the book include real or not real, benediction, malediction, and most of all, love letters from the Major Arcana, which is exactly what it sounds like (its a glorious poem which features short poems that revolve around each of the Major Arcana). What makes it more exciting is that poet Reina Regina is also a professional tarot reader, according to the small section introducing her at the end of the book.
To sum it up, I would say I enjoyed this little volume of poetry, and it does have a knack of prompting the reader to reflect on their own lives. It quietly prompts you to look into yourself. What is stopping you, what strengths do you have, how you have been hurt, and how you can heal. I can say for sure that in recent times when everything is a mess and is unsure, it is nice to be able to take control of our own minds and wrangling them into some sense of wonderful, kind sanity.
Many thanks to Reina Regina from whom I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
From Words & Nocturnes
Normally, I find free verse poetry difficult to get into. There isn’t a certain rhythm or any proper rules when it comes to free verse, and while that gives ample freedom for poets, it just seems easy to get disconnected and put off by. However, the poetry in Please Pick Me were easy to read because they were not formatted in the manner of one spamming line breaks.Some of the free verse I’ve read here and there have been in the line break spam format, which naturally detracted my attention from the overall poem. Well, you won’t find that problem in this book. The poems had their own rhythm in a way, and it was a steady, comforting rhythm that didn’t aim to throw you off reading the entire book.
Please Pick Me is divided into four sections: flowers, thorns, seeds, and roses. Each section explores different themes, including family and love. It maintains the general style a lot of poetry has to relate to its readers while also being oddly specific in some ways. This was particularly evident to me in the family section. I find it that section a powerful reminder that relationships among family members are equally important as romance and friendships, which is something that can be easily forgotten in recent media that is over-saturated with romantic sexual relationships.
A few of my favourites from the book include real or not real, benediction, malediction, and most of all, love letters from the Major Arcana, which is exactly what it sounds like (its a glorious poem which features short poems that revolve around each of the Major Arcana). What makes it more exciting is that poet Reina Regina is also a professional tarot reader, according to the small section introducing her at the end of the book.
To sum it up, I would say I enjoyed this little volume of poetry, and it does have a knack of prompting the reader to reflect on their own lives. It quietly prompts you to look into yourself. What is stopping you, what strengths do you have, how you have been hurt, and how you can heal. I can say for sure that in recent times when everything is a mess and is unsure, it is nice to be able to take control of our own minds and wrangling them into some sense of wonderful, kind sanity.
Many thanks to Reina Regina from whom I received an ARC in exchange for an honest review!
From Words & Nocturnes