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Loving Her: How I can't, Do, Want to, Learned, and Elizabeth
A poetry book about love, the inability love, the desire of love, learning love.
95 pages, Paperback
Published February 4, 2021
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About the author
Timothy Robare
13 books60 followersAuthor of the Tails of Battle series.. The Story of a World War II Vet. Loving her, Writing With Wolves, In the Darkness of my Room.
born in Grand Isle, Vermont. Earned his writing degree from Plattsburgh State.
born in Grand Isle, Vermont. Earned his writing degree from Plattsburgh State.
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July 2, 2024
Pros
I like the cover. Excellent introduction to this collection
Poetry books are speculative to say the least. I’ve read many in the past and was even in a poetry group in Denton, TX. Before COVID. I was introduced to a lot of different styles and prose, but never like some of the poems in this work.
There are approximately eighty=two poems broken up in seven sections:
How I want to Love He, How I do Love Her, How I Cannot Love Her, How I did Love Her, How She Taught Me to Love, Forgiveness, Acceptance, Kindness and Elizabeth
I found a few I enjoyed in the first six, but it is the last section, Elizabeth where I could hear the author's pain in this relationship. I think we’ve all been there a time or two where no matter what we did or how hard we tried to make the relationship work, it was a one-way street and would only end up with our heart being broken into a million pieces. Well done!
Others I enjoyed were “We Could, Roads Unwavering, The Fox, Dive and Breathe, and Kisses of Trust,
Cons
There are some formatting issues. A couple of the poems were right after another, ie no page break, “I Don’t Know” and “The Mix.” In my kindle copy the title is right after the last verse and the there is a big break before the poem begins. It happens again between “Whole Eyes” and “Not Mine.” We find it again between “Kisses of Trust” and “Chocking,” and “A Farm” and “Getting Over,” And, the section Elizabeth should be set apart.
Formatting should be consistent. There should be one or two spaces after the title of the poem is introduced. This isn’t the case and the font should be consistent through the work instead of random. IE “Craving” and “Fox font is much smaller than the other poems.
Also, I found what I believe are a few grammatical errors which are easy fixes. In “Craving,” the line “With an love you,” appears to be missing something in “Faith,” the sixth line in the stanza “Her stood wrong than ever before.” Believe the correct word would be “Hers.”
Okay, with all that said, poetry is, as I mentioned earlier, is speculative, but that aside, we can all find a poem or two or three that will resonate with us. I did.
Four Stars.
I like the cover. Excellent introduction to this collection
Poetry books are speculative to say the least. I’ve read many in the past and was even in a poetry group in Denton, TX. Before COVID. I was introduced to a lot of different styles and prose, but never like some of the poems in this work.
There are approximately eighty=two poems broken up in seven sections:
How I want to Love He, How I do Love Her, How I Cannot Love Her, How I did Love Her, How She Taught Me to Love, Forgiveness, Acceptance, Kindness and Elizabeth
I found a few I enjoyed in the first six, but it is the last section, Elizabeth where I could hear the author's pain in this relationship. I think we’ve all been there a time or two where no matter what we did or how hard we tried to make the relationship work, it was a one-way street and would only end up with our heart being broken into a million pieces. Well done!
Others I enjoyed were “We Could, Roads Unwavering, The Fox, Dive and Breathe, and Kisses of Trust,
Cons
There are some formatting issues. A couple of the poems were right after another, ie no page break, “I Don’t Know” and “The Mix.” In my kindle copy the title is right after the last verse and the there is a big break before the poem begins. It happens again between “Whole Eyes” and “Not Mine.” We find it again between “Kisses of Trust” and “Chocking,” and “A Farm” and “Getting Over,” And, the section Elizabeth should be set apart.
Formatting should be consistent. There should be one or two spaces after the title of the poem is introduced. This isn’t the case and the font should be consistent through the work instead of random. IE “Craving” and “Fox font is much smaller than the other poems.
Also, I found what I believe are a few grammatical errors which are easy fixes. In “Craving,” the line “With an love you,” appears to be missing something in “Faith,” the sixth line in the stanza “Her stood wrong than ever before.” Believe the correct word would be “Hers.”
Okay, with all that said, poetry is, as I mentioned earlier, is speculative, but that aside, we can all find a poem or two or three that will resonate with us. I did.
Four Stars.
March 14, 2026
A riveting collection of poetry that explores love from every angle; the good, the bad, the difficult, the things that come easily when we stop overthinking, the starting out, the breaking up.
I'm the wrong person to judge poetic technique, but these really connected with me.
Showed me love isn't perfect,
it is work,
work is worth it.
I'm the wrong person to judge poetic technique, but these really connected with me.
Showed me love isn't perfect,
it is work,
work is worth it.
May 15, 2022
Loving Her by Timothy Robare. It’s poetry books like this one that has inspired my genuine fondness of poetry. Heartfelt, emotional and thought provoking poems. I often paused after reading one to reflect on my own previous relationships. Really well done.
February 5, 2024
Real, raw, emotional poems. I came across this on Twitter and gave it a try and am glad I did. Just beautiful!
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