VOYA Reviews 2008 August
This slim volume holds secrets almost too intimate to share, emotions too raw to expose, leaving the reader feeling clandestine. Once spread, its pages reveal tortured, timeless poetry, yearning hearts, broken spirits, and emotions on overload. Brutally honest, achingly tender, these glimpses of love through poetry are erotic, sibilant, and sexy. Relationships range from heterosexual to homosexual and bisexual attraction. Line after line emerges as eloquent and memorable. "To all the males whose hearts have been impaled by the spikes of my high heels." begins Amy Collier in "Apologies." "I never thought any of us would die this way" mourns Zachary Boehler in "Aside." Elichia Owens describes a girl who "holds a cigarette and a baby with the same tenderness." Katie Chow airs her jealousy in "Deceleration" "I will be the fifth wheel on your automobile. The brakes on your bicycle built for two. Oh, I'll get in the way so you're never alone." Without exception, each piece speaks with the same honesty and emotional clarity. Eloquent and evocative, this anthology deserves a place on every high school and public library shelf. These verses may prompt controversy, denial that those so young can speak with such authority and familiarity about the intimacy they share, but to refuse them exposure rejects the very essence of youth and love.
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This slim volume holds secrets almost too intimate to share, emotions too raw to expose, leaving the reader feeling clandestine. Once spread, its pages reveal tortured, timeless poetry, yearning hearts, broken spirits, and emotions on overload. Brutally honest, achingly tender, these glimpses of love through poetry are erotic, sibilant, and sexy. Relationships range from heterosexual to homosexual and bisexual attraction. Line after line emerges as eloquent and memorable. "To all the males whose hearts have been impaled by the spikes of my high heels." begins Amy Collier in "Apologies." "I never thought any of us would die this way" mourns Zachary Boehler in "Aside." Elichia Owens describes a girl who "holds a cigarette and a baby with the same tenderness." Katie Chow airs her jealousy in "Deceleration" "I will be the fifth wheel on your automobile. The brakes on your bicycle built for two. Oh, I'll get in the way so you're never alone." Without exception, each piece speaks with the same honesty and emotional clarity. Eloquent and evocative, this anthology deserves a place on every high school and public library shelf. These verses may prompt controversy, denial that those so young can speak with such authority and familiarity about the intimacy they share, but to refuse them exposure rejects the very essence of youth and love.
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