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Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love
Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love is a two-book collection from bestselling poets r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake that explores the duality of the heart to cling to darkness while fighting to feel the light.
A unique duet between two powerhouse poets, Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love is a poem told in two Beautiful Sad Eyes explores the romance of melancholy, while Weary Waiting for Love shines light on the resilience of optimism and peace. Together, r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake bring the reader face to face with unthinkable truths and the reality that in order to break through, you must first have the courage to break down.
A unique duet between two powerhouse poets, Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love is a poem told in two Beautiful Sad Eyes explores the romance of melancholy, while Weary Waiting for Love shines light on the resilience of optimism and peace. Together, r.h. Sin and Robert M. Drake bring the reader face to face with unthinkable truths and the reality that in order to break through, you must first have the courage to break down.
416 pages, Paperback
Published October 31, 2023
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April 9, 2024
I feel like giving this 1 star may feel a little generous if I think too hard on it. I'm familiar with r.h. sin's work, for a long time I was hooked, I collected his work. As soon as a new book dropped I was there, but as I grew up I stopped resonating with it. When I saw this I was taken by the artwork on the cover, it's haunting and beautiful and I thought I may as well give it a shot.
Beautiful Sad Eyes-
I can't even begin to explain just how angry I am. The book starts with R.M. Drake so let's start there. He's now my nemesis, the type of guy that claims to be a "nice guy." He uses vulnerable, sad girls for content; he has a savior complex and it immediately turned me off reading any more of his stuff but I thought maybe I was being quick to judge so I kept going. He doesn't stick up for a woman his friend is actively emotionally abusing but he'll write a poem about how he told said friend that that was not ok. Now R.H. Sin's work before this I started to feel was too repetitive, too "insta-poetry." His first piece in this collection is hauntingly beautiful and never happens again. It almost feels like it was written by someone else entirely.
Weary Waiting For Love-
This one made me blissfully less angry, because I wasn't feeling much of anything anymore. It's all entirely repetitive, regurgitated, tired, self-help bs. I wanna know why R.M. Drake's woman friends are always crying and his man friends are always fumbling some "good woman"? R.H. Sin's stuff was just boring, same-y. Felt a bit "I was cheated on and now it's my entire personality while I refuse to grow and 'let go' like I continuously preach." Contradictory and kind of just sad that any beautiful or genuine piece is going to be lost to a collection that I'll only remember in anger.
Beautiful Sad Eyes-
I can't even begin to explain just how angry I am. The book starts with R.M. Drake so let's start there. He's now my nemesis, the type of guy that claims to be a "nice guy." He uses vulnerable, sad girls for content; he has a savior complex and it immediately turned me off reading any more of his stuff but I thought maybe I was being quick to judge so I kept going. He doesn't stick up for a woman his friend is actively emotionally abusing but he'll write a poem about how he told said friend that that was not ok. Now R.H. Sin's work before this I started to feel was too repetitive, too "insta-poetry." His first piece in this collection is hauntingly beautiful and never happens again. It almost feels like it was written by someone else entirely.
Weary Waiting For Love-
This one made me blissfully less angry, because I wasn't feeling much of anything anymore. It's all entirely repetitive, regurgitated, tired, self-help bs. I wanna know why R.M. Drake's woman friends are always crying and his man friends are always fumbling some "good woman"? R.H. Sin's stuff was just boring, same-y. Felt a bit "I was cheated on and now it's my entire personality while I refuse to grow and 'let go' like I continuously preach." Contradictory and kind of just sad that any beautiful or genuine piece is going to be lost to a collection that I'll only remember in anger.
March 3, 2024
The first book in this two book series is heavy going. The poems are beautiful but laden with emotion and such sadness that it is hard to come away not feeling drawn in the deep sadness that pervades the works of both writers.
I felt RMDrake, while exploring the sadness of relationships characterised by control, abuse, narcissism and manipulation, was focusing not so much on the negative experience but on how to leave the issues and the hurt behind and build a new life free from such experiences and heartbreak.
In contrast the second author RHSin just broke my heart over and over again with the tragedy and damage sting from broken relationships. I struggled to finish this second section on book 1 as it profoundly affected me each time I read the prose and poetry and left me feeling desolate and abandoned - perhaps this is the sign of great writing but for me I did not enjoy my heart being turned into a desert each time I read this poet.
Looking forward the reading the second book “Weary waiting for love” as it states that it “shines light on the resilience of optimism and peace”
I’ll let you know my thoughts.
I felt RMDrake, while exploring the sadness of relationships characterised by control, abuse, narcissism and manipulation, was focusing not so much on the negative experience but on how to leave the issues and the hurt behind and build a new life free from such experiences and heartbreak.
In contrast the second author RHSin just broke my heart over and over again with the tragedy and damage sting from broken relationships. I struggled to finish this second section on book 1 as it profoundly affected me each time I read the prose and poetry and left me feeling desolate and abandoned - perhaps this is the sign of great writing but for me I did not enjoy my heart being turned into a desert each time I read this poet.
Looking forward the reading the second book “Weary waiting for love” as it states that it “shines light on the resilience of optimism and peace”
I’ll let you know my thoughts.
October 31, 2023
I got this book at Barnes & Noble on the 29th. They had accidentally put it on the shelf two days early and I was so excited my boyfriend did not understand why I was so happy I bought it and instantly started reading. I ended up finishing at the day, it was supposed to come out and this book did not disappoint. This book continues with R.H. Sin’s move on and growth mentality. There were a lot of poems of realizing when someone isn’t right for you and learning how to move past them, and how sometimes people are obstacles they are supposed to learn from. It was amazing read. And I most definitely recommend reading this instead of going trick-or-treating or partying but I guess it’s just because I love a good book. Highly recommend.
December 15, 2023
Just beautifully written
May 14, 2024
DTF. I couldn’t even make it half way through Beautiful Sad Eyes. As a woman, I am tired.
The author uses women’s pain, suffering, trauma to create his poems. He takes messages sent to him, or things he saw online, to position himself as a savior by responding to the messages or online posts. He acts as though this is such a profound gift. Like his small responses will somehow resonate so deeply with these women that they will suddenly gain hope and sunshine and butterflies.
If his inspiration is real, did these women consent to have their stories forced into prose and published for the profit of a man?
If his inspiration is not real, then he made up stories of women suffering and romanticized it.
The title makes it even more disgusting. Beautiful Sad Eyes. Because women’s suffering must be beautiful. Must still be for the male gaze. Our trauma isn’t our own, it’s for men to plagiarize and turn into “art”.
Why put Beautiful as the first word of the title? Because above all else we must be beautiful, even when we are sad.
I will not be reading the next book in this set - after this book I don’t care.
The author uses women’s pain, suffering, trauma to create his poems. He takes messages sent to him, or things he saw online, to position himself as a savior by responding to the messages or online posts. He acts as though this is such a profound gift. Like his small responses will somehow resonate so deeply with these women that they will suddenly gain hope and sunshine and butterflies.
If his inspiration is real, did these women consent to have their stories forced into prose and published for the profit of a man?
If his inspiration is not real, then he made up stories of women suffering and romanticized it.
The title makes it even more disgusting. Beautiful Sad Eyes. Because women’s suffering must be beautiful. Must still be for the male gaze. Our trauma isn’t our own, it’s for men to plagiarize and turn into “art”.
Why put Beautiful as the first word of the title? Because above all else we must be beautiful, even when we are sad.
I will not be reading the next book in this set - after this book I don’t care.
November 15, 2023
My only experience with R.M. Drake has been when he collaborates with R.H. Sin. This is now, what… the third time they’ve worked together. I liked his parts in those other books but honestly it felt like a chore here. I sped through his sections in both of the books in this set because it felt like a looped tape recorder. Every poem felt like the same thing regurgitated, reworded and then dumbed down a bit. And that really sucks because I think this set has some of Sin’s best work so far mixed in with his normal nonsense. The first Sin poem from the first book in the set is genuinely one of the best things he’s written. He needs to write like that more. The art on both collections and the art on the box they come in is actually so beautiful and it’s weird that only Sin writes imagery to reflect it. Drake has a little bit in the second collection but not much. I do like having them split in themes but they end up boiling down to being the same thing. Could have just been one 400 page book but then it would have lost its gimmick so I respect the hustle I guess.
December 29, 2023
If I’ve learned anything from my mostly misguided year-end foray into poetry, it’s that a Drake & Sin collaboration is guaranteed to preach (not talk, preach) AT LENGTH about:
- cutting off people who don’t listen to you
- cutting off people who don’t appreciate you
- realizing your worth!
- you have value!
- something about the moon
- something about sex, randomly
- my words save lives! i am a poet!
There’s nothing inherently wrong with any of this, except for the fact that we’re bludgeoned over the head with it OVER AND OVER AGAIN and not just in this collection! BUT IN EVERY. SINGLE. DRAKE & SIN COLLAB and I simply can’t do it anymore goodbye!
- cutting off people who don’t listen to you
- cutting off people who don’t appreciate you
- realizing your worth!
- you have value!
- something about the moon
- something about sex, randomly
- my words save lives! i am a poet!
There’s nothing inherently wrong with any of this, except for the fact that we’re bludgeoned over the head with it OVER AND OVER AGAIN and not just in this collection! BUT IN EVERY. SINGLE. DRAKE & SIN COLLAB and I simply can’t do it anymore goodbye!
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July 1, 2024for me, a lot of these poems really didn’t do anything. i think it’s more for people who have gone through one or many difficult breakups and heartaches. i, who have gone through neither, really couldn’t relate at all most of the time, especially with the first book. with the second there were some things that r.h sin said that i really liked.
as an overall critique of these two authors, i unfortunately found myself not very captivated by rm drake’s poems. for my taste, his writing felt too blunt and too the point. in the first book, most of his poems take this stance where he has a friend who comes to him with a problem, and he hands out perfectly worded advice like some all knowing sage. it felt a little artificial for me, and though i’m sure he didn’t mean it this way, it was almost egotistical? like he knew all of the answers to every issue. it just felt a little bit like a catholic confession and he was the pope dishing out these profound words of wisdom. there were also things that got published that i felt could’ve used more polishing. for one example, “‘…you got this. I know you do,’ I said/ to my friend Julie one starry night/ under the stars”. I just remember reading this, and thinking about how (for lack of a better word) stupid it was. how are you going to publish this? A starry night under the stars??
On the other hand with rh sin, the second poet, is quite enjoyed his stuff much more. it felt for lyrical to me, which is what i think poetry should be. in the second book, i think he gets a little bit shorter with what he writes, but i still liked it much more than rm drake.
i’m too tired, maybe i’ll write more about this tomorrow.
as an overall critique of these two authors, i unfortunately found myself not very captivated by rm drake’s poems. for my taste, his writing felt too blunt and too the point. in the first book, most of his poems take this stance where he has a friend who comes to him with a problem, and he hands out perfectly worded advice like some all knowing sage. it felt a little artificial for me, and though i’m sure he didn’t mean it this way, it was almost egotistical? like he knew all of the answers to every issue. it just felt a little bit like a catholic confession and he was the pope dishing out these profound words of wisdom. there were also things that got published that i felt could’ve used more polishing. for one example, “‘…you got this. I know you do,’ I said/ to my friend Julie one starry night/ under the stars”. I just remember reading this, and thinking about how (for lack of a better word) stupid it was. how are you going to publish this? A starry night under the stars??
On the other hand with rh sin, the second poet, is quite enjoyed his stuff much more. it felt for lyrical to me, which is what i think poetry should be. in the second book, i think he gets a little bit shorter with what he writes, but i still liked it much more than rm drake.
i’m too tired, maybe i’ll write more about this tomorrow.
February 23, 2024
Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love
By R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake
This is a collection of poetry. Each book is split in half, with each author having half the book to express themselves. I don't think I've read poetry from either of these authors before, but they seemed up my alley. In Beautiful Sad Eyes, I was pretty unimpressed with Drake's selection of poetry, but I dogeared soooo many of Sin's poems. There were A LOT that resonated with me. The second book, Weary Waiting for Love, overall was better in my opinion. I liked a few of Drake's and probably a few less of Sin's, but still a bunch. I felt like the poems were about relatable topics and spoke to my soul. This was a simple but meaningful collection and if you're looking for some poetry to read, I'd definitely recommend these.
By R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake
This is a collection of poetry. Each book is split in half, with each author having half the book to express themselves. I don't think I've read poetry from either of these authors before, but they seemed up my alley. In Beautiful Sad Eyes, I was pretty unimpressed with Drake's selection of poetry, but I dogeared soooo many of Sin's poems. There were A LOT that resonated with me. The second book, Weary Waiting for Love, overall was better in my opinion. I liked a few of Drake's and probably a few less of Sin's, but still a bunch. I felt like the poems were about relatable topics and spoke to my soul. This was a simple but meaningful collection and if you're looking for some poetry to read, I'd definitely recommend these.
July 19, 2024
I really loved the Drake parts, as they showed that we all go through similar experiences as humans. Now, these are already a lot of things I have come to terms with, but if you are just starting that journey of trying to find yourself or if you are younger than me, maybe in your late teens, I do think this would be the perfect collection to read. However, I really did not like Sin's parts. They just overall felt more negative, like they were weighing you down, and I don't want to read that when I'm reading poetry, so it just wasn't for me. This is a good collection, but I don't see myself really reading it purely because of the Sin parts.
Rating: 2.75 out of 5.
Rating: 2.75 out of 5.
May 23, 2025
Drake really has some kind of savior complex where he swoops in and helps these distressed women with his words of wisdom. I mean, I like his writing and the importance of the content. But it just feels like he has all the answers and that’s that. There was one poem in BSE where one of the women acknowledges this and he agrees
Sin’s writing is more punctuated, in typical modern day poetry and contrasting Drake’s longer form. Again, I like his writing style and content.
I didn’t realize this collection was marked as 1 book. It comes in 2 volumes. Originally only picked up BSE at the library and then had to get WLfL to finish it.
Sin’s writing is more punctuated, in typical modern day poetry and contrasting Drake’s longer form. Again, I like his writing style and content.
I didn’t realize this collection was marked as 1 book. It comes in 2 volumes. Originally only picked up BSE at the library and then had to get WLfL to finish it.
May 7, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love by R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake is a poignant poetry duet that delves into the heart's struggles with darkness and its quest for light. Sin’s reflective verses on growth and moving on blend seamlessly with Drake’s conversational style, creating a balance between melancholy and resilience. The collection offers profound insights alongside relatable, heartfelt truths, making it an emotional and thought-provoking read. Perfect for fans of modern poetry, it invites readers to confront life’s complexities with courage and hope.
Beautiful Sad Eyes, Weary Waiting for Love by R.H. Sin and Robert M. Drake is a poignant poetry duet that delves into the heart's struggles with darkness and its quest for light. Sin’s reflective verses on growth and moving on blend seamlessly with Drake’s conversational style, creating a balance between melancholy and resilience. The collection offers profound insights alongside relatable, heartfelt truths, making it an emotional and thought-provoking read. Perfect for fans of modern poetry, it invites readers to confront life’s complexities with courage and hope.
December 21, 2024
R.H. Sin is always a 50/50 hit or miss for me, but this one wasn't bad.
I really enjoyed R.M. Drake's portions of this collection and look forward to reading more of his work.
I feel like alot of Sin's contributions felts like essays rather than poetry, but that's more of a personal criticism.
Overall, a soild read. Wish Goodreads qualified this as two books though because physically, it is two different books.
I really enjoyed R.M. Drake's portions of this collection and look forward to reading more of his work.
I feel like alot of Sin's contributions felts like essays rather than poetry, but that's more of a personal criticism.
Overall, a soild read. Wish Goodreads qualified this as two books though because physically, it is two different books.
April 13, 2024
Some of the works were common thoughts people have always said. I enjoyed the conversational writing style of Robert Drake. The poet, r.h. Sin, was an intriguing conveyor of profound words and cliche ideals. I enjoyed the book. Some of the works stuck with me.
May 28, 2024
"Don't lose who you are because of someone who thought it was okay to lose you."
Honestly, just wasn't that into it. Felt like a stream of consciousness with a comprehension level of a fourth grader :/
Honestly, just wasn't that into it. Felt like a stream of consciousness with a comprehension level of a fourth grader :/
July 19, 2024
This set was really good. The mix between the depth of RM Drake and the quick but deep moments from RH Sin, this is one of my favorite books of theirs.I already have plans to read more of their work. Love it!❤️
November 23, 2023
these poems comforted me on my days of sorrow.
they especially helped since I'm going through heartbreak. some hit me so deep in the right spots <3
they especially helped since I'm going through heartbreak. some hit me so deep in the right spots <3
December 5, 2023
I enjoyed this collection by two of my favorite poets. I especially love R.H. Sin's beautiful poetry. Whenever I read his words, I feel like I am at peace.
December 18, 2023
I enjoyed this 2 book collection of poetry. Im familiar with R.H. Sins work and have always found myself within his words.
April 30, 2024
I really liked the first book, but the second one did not appeal to me as much.
There was quite a lot of repetition in it or maybe the situations were less appealing to me.
There was quite a lot of repetition in it or maybe the situations were less appealing to me.
June 1, 2024
dnf,,, I really enjoyed r.h. Sin’s half but I wasn’t a big fan of Drake’s half! it was just the same thing over and over and over, so I skimmed right through it 🐡
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July 15, 2024Well, the covers are gorgeous.
Idk a lot of this felt like instagram captions.
Idk a lot of this felt like instagram captions.
August 5, 2024
I absolutely LOVE these authors. This set was so beautiful and raw, I never wanted to put it down. Highly recommend if poetry is your thing.
August 15, 2024
Wow. Just wow. The writing was beautiful ,raw and sad. And I know I’ll find myself going back to these two again and again.
September 8, 2024
i read both of these books and they had some beautiful poems in them. i’m very glad i got to read them because i know i’ve felt so many of these emotions mentioned in these two books.
January 22, 2025
Loved it!!
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May 27, 2025lexi review
unhaul-dnf
July 22, 2025DNF
July 29, 2025
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
June 28, 2025
3.5 ⭐️
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