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The Walls We Put Up In the Night
A collection of poetry written day by day, next to trash cans, in driveways, with whiskey, smoking cigars, while making love and giving and stealing--the way we live.
222 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 20, 2013
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About the author
Roman Newell
9 books30 followersRoman Newell was born in the Rogue River Valley of Southern Oregon. He received his undergraduate education from the United States Military Academy at West Point where he majored in Arabic Studies and concentrated in Mechanical Engineering. He commissioned into the United States Army as an infantry officer and served honorably in the prestigious 82nd Airborne Division. His two deployments took him to austere outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Today he is a major in the Army Reserves. He relishes new challenges which have often included marathons and various endurance events. His running has taken him around the world: from a marathon in Jordan to the streets of Paris. He spent time working with native Arabic speakers in 2007 and relied on these skills during his time abroad in 2009-10. He has a passion for skydiving, a scuba diving certification, and is working on bringing forth his own podcast. World travel will always hold a special place but he loves the coastal mountains of Oregon and spends most of his time with his favorite Belgian Malinois, Zima. Roman writes from wherever he is, and never stays put too long. He is working on his next book.
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February 13, 2019
Beautifully complicated pieces of your soul story…
Sometimes you come across an author’s written work that leaves you feeling divided and torn, yet challenged by the words written within the confines of it’s pages. THE WALLS WE PUT UP IN THE NIGHT is one such book.
It’s no ordinary story… it’s a comprehensive collection of poetic thoughts and verse. Certainly not poetic love notes or flowery, romantic prose will be found. Though if you look hard, depending on your perspective, glimpses slip through. They are poems that are frank, often heart breaking; the raw musings of a poet’s personal experiences - uncompromising in their depth of honesty and delivery.
Each poem is descriptive in worded imagery, a unique observation of life’s experience and human behaviour. Each poem gave me differing thoughts, feelings to process and digest. For the most part many of the poems, held notable lines that held a connection and vulnerability for me. I would find myself reflecting on long ago memories. Some painful/sad, others joyful and some totally random. Even moments that had me giggling out loud.
Will every poem strike a chord of emotion or thoughtful reaction? Probably not. Much like any book, I definitely want the author to evoke emotion and connection, that's an incredible story to read. I feel with poetry, you are stepping up to an entirely different level of reading - a subjective interpretation of someone’s experiences - it’s their thoughts, their voice, an inner glimpse into the window of their mindset and soul.
With poetry, the words written need to be just as important as the feeling it evokes. You want the words to mean something for you, to connect with what the author is trying to convey. To possibly take away a lesson if needed. A thought that makes you think out loud of your own experiences inside a memory or simply having empathy for another’s journey. Those poems are the words that resonate. A poet that can draw this connection out of its reader... is to be complimented.
I don’t believe the words I leave here adequately express the enormity of all the thoughts and emotions this book managed to convey. Depending on how you connect to each poem will hold different perspectives and meanings for each person that reads. They most certainly are poems that are thought provoking and highly emotive. They offer an authentic glimpse, a level of intimacy into this poet’s mindset, feelings and observations, his life’s journey. To some degree we have all lived, breathed and will relate to the beautiful, often complicated, broken mess we call life.
THE WALLS WE PUT UP IN THE NIGHT… I found myself pondering...
Are they walls we build, there to protect our emotional well being?
Are they walls waiting to be obliterated, if one takes the time to care?
Would I recommend. Definitely.
We all should find some moments of solitude, that quiet introspection to read poetry. It has much to offer readers.
Sometimes you come across an author’s written work that leaves you feeling divided and torn, yet challenged by the words written within the confines of it’s pages. THE WALLS WE PUT UP IN THE NIGHT is one such book.
It’s no ordinary story… it’s a comprehensive collection of poetic thoughts and verse. Certainly not poetic love notes or flowery, romantic prose will be found. Though if you look hard, depending on your perspective, glimpses slip through. They are poems that are frank, often heart breaking; the raw musings of a poet’s personal experiences - uncompromising in their depth of honesty and delivery.
Each poem is descriptive in worded imagery, a unique observation of life’s experience and human behaviour. Each poem gave me differing thoughts, feelings to process and digest. For the most part many of the poems, held notable lines that held a connection and vulnerability for me. I would find myself reflecting on long ago memories. Some painful/sad, others joyful and some totally random. Even moments that had me giggling out loud.
Will every poem strike a chord of emotion or thoughtful reaction? Probably not. Much like any book, I definitely want the author to evoke emotion and connection, that's an incredible story to read. I feel with poetry, you are stepping up to an entirely different level of reading - a subjective interpretation of someone’s experiences - it’s their thoughts, their voice, an inner glimpse into the window of their mindset and soul.
With poetry, the words written need to be just as important as the feeling it evokes. You want the words to mean something for you, to connect with what the author is trying to convey. To possibly take away a lesson if needed. A thought that makes you think out loud of your own experiences inside a memory or simply having empathy for another’s journey. Those poems are the words that resonate. A poet that can draw this connection out of its reader... is to be complimented.
I don’t believe the words I leave here adequately express the enormity of all the thoughts and emotions this book managed to convey. Depending on how you connect to each poem will hold different perspectives and meanings for each person that reads. They most certainly are poems that are thought provoking and highly emotive. They offer an authentic glimpse, a level of intimacy into this poet’s mindset, feelings and observations, his life’s journey. To some degree we have all lived, breathed and will relate to the beautiful, often complicated, broken mess we call life.
THE WALLS WE PUT UP IN THE NIGHT… I found myself pondering...
Are they walls we build, there to protect our emotional well being?
Are they walls waiting to be obliterated, if one takes the time to care?
Would I recommend. Definitely.
We all should find some moments of solitude, that quiet introspection to read poetry. It has much to offer readers.
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