Parked Car

by Samantha Camargo

From the I wrote Parked Car as an anniversary gift for my husband and published it on the 8 year anniversary of the day we met. It's filled with poetry and writing that I've written for him through the years along with new writings I wrote for you, the reader, in hopes of taking you along to explore a love that exists across the universe, a love that (if you want) can enter your life at any moment.

Genres: Poetry, Romance, Love

163 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 27, 2023

Reviews

[Rye Cook]

Overall, definitely worth a read. What the book lacks in highly technical and intricate writing, it makes up for in heart and passion and authenticity.

[Holly Parker Reed]

This is such a beautiful book. I have re read it so many times and each time, it brings tears to my eyes. I relate to so many entities and it’s just such a raw and emotional read.

[CopperMoonWitch]

I'll be honest, there are some basic, amateurish rhyming bits of poetry in here, but I'm **absolutely able** to forgive that because woven through every poem, even through the ones that felt clunky, is a real genuine and heartfelt, deep and abiding love. What it lacks in polish, Samantha Camargo thoroughly goes beyond making up for with sheer sparkly divine love. I was reduced to tears several times, choking back sobs whilst reading the poems out loud to my husband.

***

You deserve someone who won't make
you feel like you're running out of time.

They'll tell you they pictured you really old
and it made them smile
as their way of saying,

"I know I will love you for a long, long while."

***

[Jordan Korol]

Going into this read, I wholly expected more instagram-quote garbage. That couldn't have been more false. The reader gets an intimate glimpse into the love and life of the author, including insecurities and realizations of feelings. I loved this.

[Olivia Nahmias]

*4 stars*
Another reviewer said if so perfectly that even though some of these poems felt clunky and amateurish, they were so heartfelt that I couldn’t help but enjoy them. What a great book of poetry! Would absolutely recommend.

[Kartikey Mathur]

Good

[Sarah]

Loved this collection! So many poems resonate with me and my relationship.

[Jess Bradbury]

A book that touches the soul. I felt everything so deeply and truly. I love LOVE.

[Nic Greenfield]

“I care about you beyond words and I love you infinitely.”

[Lindsay McDella]

4/5 ⭐️

I really enjoyed this collection. I had seen Parked Car all over Instagram, so naturally I had to see what the hype was about, and I’m glad I did. It felt very intimate and personal, almost like reading little snapshots of a relationship rather than just a collection of love poems.

I liked that the writing wasn’t trying too hard to be overly complicated or poetic for the sake of it. A lot of it is very simple, but there’s something really genuine about that. You can feel that these pieces came from a real place and were written about a love that meant something to the author.

Some poems hit harder than others, and there were definitely a few that felt a little more basic or less polished, but overall I thought the emotion behind the collection made up for that.

It felt sweet, vulnerable, nostalgic, and very much like looking back at all the little moments that make up a relationship.