Wild Flowers: A Powerful Poetry Collection of Love, Loss, Healing and Depression

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Once I received the digital reading copy of this poetry book from the author, I immediately read it before the day ends. The book is divided into five parts: Loss, Pain & Depression; Abandonment; Love; Empowerment; and Healing. Love and Healing parts got the most number of poems with 34 and 36 respectively, while Empowerment has the least with only four.

I consider the last three sections of this anthology the best because of they exude positivity or being optimistic. There are a lot of relatable and remarkable poems in this collection that will be more appreciated notably by the millennials. Some of the poems that I love is Consumed By Her, #MeToo, Stance against Suppression, and Fear is a Curable Disease. Despite that I found some of the included poems to be repetitious because of the theme, especially in the topic of pain and love, I was still able to enjoy reading the rest of the book.

Bloom by Beau Taplin

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Bloom contains 140 interesting poems written by Beau Taplin that people, notably the millennials, can be able to relate to. The contemporary poems and prose in this anthology will make readers reminisce some of the not-so-good memories of the past while reading this. The book sets to motivate readers to move on, to stay strong and be a better person instead; it is a good companion to those who currently handles a lost love.

Hate That Cat by Sharon Creech

AUTHOR:  Sharon Creech
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins
PUBLICATION DATE: September 23, 2008
PAGES: 160
SYNOPSIS FROM GOODREADS:

Jack
Room 204—Miss Stretchberry
February 25
Today the fat black cat
up in the tree by the bus stop
dropped a nut on my head
thunk
and when I yelled at it
that fat black cat said
Murr-mee-urrr
in a
nasty
spiteful
way.
I hate that cat.
This is the story of
Jack
words
sounds
silence
teacher
and cat.

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MY RATING: It's funny that both the cat and Jack hates each other. But because of the kitten that Jack adopted, they had a civil relationship in end. I enjoyed reading this book but I still prefer the Love That Dog than this.

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Love That Dog by Sharon Creech

AUTHOR:  Sharon Creech
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins
PUBLICATION DATE: April 8, 2008
PAGES: 112
SYNOPSIS FROM GOODREADS:

"I guess it does
look like a poem
when you see it
typed up
like that."

Jack hates poetry. Only girls write it and every time he tries to, his brain feels empty. But his teacher, Ms. Stretchberry, won't stop giving her class poetry assignments -- and Jack can't avoid them. But then something amazing happens. The more he writes, the more he learns he does have something to say.

 

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MY RATING: I like how Jack and his dad adopt a dog from a shelter/dog pound. Jack and his dog both had a great time together. It's really heartbreaking when his dog died and Jack no longer wants to have another pet because of the trauma he got from losing one. The short and bittersweet poem he wrote in the end is like a memorial for his dog.

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