I heard of Amanda Lovelace through Twitter somehow (I don't quite remember), and I found it interesting that her self-published book gained so much traction that it ended up getting picked up by a traditional publisher. Overall, I was impressed with the collection but it’s not the type of poetry that I’m blown away by. It took me 45 minutes to read and I was pondering over the poems for a good two hours afterwards.I was never a big fan of poetry, so I wasn't sure what to expect when it came to this book. They were beautifully written and Lovelace conveyed her point of the poem with excellence but still left some of them open to interpretation, letting the reader add their own story into the poem. This collection of poetry was heart-breaking and I related to so many of the poems on so many different levels. Poetry can be/look/sound anything that you want it to be and modern poets have done exactly that Amanda included. And anyway, what is the definition of poetry? It doesn’t have to rhyme or look a certain way or talk about a certain subject. Try and see how easy it is to put your deepest and darkest secrets down onto paper and turn them into fluid yet snappy poetry that people across the world can relate to. I have heard (and read) a lot of debate surrounding this type of poetry, with people calling it ‘Tumblr spacing’ and saying that anyone could do it and get published. But I’ve picked out a couple for you that really sum up what this poetry collection is like: And there was a lot! I wish that I could share with you all of the poems that I loved, but in order to do that, you should just go out and buy the collection, otherwise, I would be writing down nearly every single poem in this blog post.
By that I mean the poems that I could really relate to, not in a broad sense because that would have been nearly every single one, but the poems that seemed like they came right out of my autobiography. Whilst I was reading this poetry collection, I kept my coloured tabs handy so that I could tab all of the poems that really captured my heart. Explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. I have heard so many amazing things about this collection of poetry and I follow Amanda on Twitter and she is one hilarious, yet truthful human being.Ī poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. Sure, I’ve read what English lecturers at uni consider to be ‘modern’ poetry… from the 20th century. This is the first modern poetry book that I have ever read.
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