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Forgotten Necessities
In his anticipated second collection, Forgotten Necessities, Jared Singer wears love and loss on his skin.
Through spell-bindingly immersive storytelling, Singer digs to the roots of our deepest woes and cradles our joys with utmost tenderness. Intimacy and vulnerability ache across the time and space of these poems. Forgotten Necessities holds its sadness sacredly and builds shrines to the hope that follows. Persistent reminders of the small kindnesses that make a life meaningful to the living and the dead.
A brilliant follow-up to his debut, Singer’s Forgotten Necessities is itself a necessity, a haunting that heals.
Through spell-bindingly immersive storytelling, Singer digs to the roots of our deepest woes and cradles our joys with utmost tenderness. Intimacy and vulnerability ache across the time and space of these poems. Forgotten Necessities holds its sadness sacredly and builds shrines to the hope that follows. Persistent reminders of the small kindnesses that make a life meaningful to the living and the dead.
A brilliant follow-up to his debut, Singer’s Forgotten Necessities is itself a necessity, a haunting that heals.
- GenresPoetry
114 pages, Kindle Edition
Published July 1, 2025
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December 30, 2025
~Thank you to Button Poetry for providing me an ARC in exchange for an honest review~
A tender collection of poems about grief, mental health, and family from Jewish poet Jared Singer. While many of these poems left me wanting more, I enjoyed Singer's vulnerability as well as his inclusion of varied motifs, from teeth to Greek mythology. My favorites from this collection include "An Open Letter to Missed Opportunities," "Worst Birthday Ever, A Story of Slight Exaggeration," and "Corporate Thinks Suicide Is Funny."
A tender collection of poems about grief, mental health, and family from Jewish poet Jared Singer. While many of these poems left me wanting more, I enjoyed Singer's vulnerability as well as his inclusion of varied motifs, from teeth to Greek mythology. My favorites from this collection include "An Open Letter to Missed Opportunities," "Worst Birthday Ever, A Story of Slight Exaggeration," and "Corporate Thinks Suicide Is Funny."
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