& they'll
have no choice
but to hear your siren sonf.
- amanda lovelace "
I've never been a huge poetry fan, probably because during High School it was mostly written by either old men who were dead for many years (with the wonderful exception of Carol Ann Duffy, whose work I actually enjoy), but I wanted something shorter to ease me back into reading and the title of the book drew me right in. the witch doesn't burn in this one is an interesting read, full of difficult and sometimes even triggering writing. The issues that are addressed is the harsh reality of being a woman in both the modern world and throughout history; including abuse and trauma in varying forms, with the poet explicitly stating within the first few pages to take care whilst reading (both before and after) due to the issues addressed within the poems themselves.
The writing feels incredibly raw, both format and stylistically. Generally I am not a huge fan of written works that are grammatically incorrect, or at least within capitalisation and punctuation, however the style of writing suits the manner in which the poetry is presented. There were quite a few individual poems that I loved, rather than the collection as a whole, as some of the works were less about empowerment and more targeted attacks (however I was more prepared for this thanks to the trigger warning at the beginning).
call us alexandria is one of the poems that I marked down as one that I particularly enjoyed the metaphors for, as was we need you here & whole and my body rejects your desires. The words in the majority of the poems, however is quite agressive and not at all what I was expecting.Show moreShow less
you are
the fire
& tomorrow
you will be
the sea
& they'll
have no choice
but to hear your siren sonf.
- amanda lovelace "
I've never been a huge poetry fan, probably because during High School it was mostly written by either old men who were dead for many years (with the wonderful exception of Carol Ann Duffy, whose work I actually enjoy), but I wanted something shorter to ease me back into reading and the title of the book drew me right in. the witch doesn't burn in this one is an interesting read, full of difficult and sometimes even triggering writing. The issues that are addressed is the harsh reality of being a woman in both the modern world and throughout history; including abuse and trauma in varying forms, with the poet explicitly stating within the first few pages to take care whilst reading (both before and after) due to the issues addressed within the poems themselves.
The writing feels incredibly raw, both format and stylistically. Generally I am not a huge fan of written works that are grammatically incorrect, or at least within capitalisation and punctuation, however the style of writing suits the manner in which the poetry is presented. There were quite a few individual poems that I loved, rather than the collection as a whole, as some of the works were less about empowerment and more targeted attacks (however I was more prepared for this thanks to the trigger warning at the beginning).
call us alexandria is one of the poems that I marked down as one that I particularly enjoyed the metaphors for, as was we need you here & whole and my body rejects your desires. The words in the majority of the poems, however is quite agressive and not at all what I was expecting. Show more Show less