Dear Moon

by Frances Ivy

Frances Ivy's debut is a combination of poetry and prose which takes us along a winding path of memories. It is an honest journey of happiness and devastation, a search for mental and spiritual peace but also a reached out hand to all of us who struggle in life. In this collection we travel through the ups and downs, the newly found love as well as the abandoned, the ecstasy of life but also the the sadness of living, the moments of regret.

Genres: Poetry

106 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2017

Reviews

[chyi ♡ · Rating 2 out of 5]

(2.5 ☆)

Some of the poetry in this collection was lovely and resonated with me. I especially love how Ivy uses the beach and the sea as symbols of freedom and home here! I can not doubt that each poem was written with raw feeling and passion, but I've always found it difficult to empathise with an 'everyone always leaves me' attitude...

I think this collection would have done better if quality was focused on rather than quantity. Between strange and incorrect grammar and a few repetitive same-y poems, there are some really gorgeous thoughts and pieces of writing here! I just found the collection as a whole a little underwhelming and sad. Maybe I would have preferred this back when I was more of a people pleaser... and a little younger...

[Dean · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful collection, beautiful human. I found this writer on social media and she's the sweetest. In Dear Moon she writes about loneliness, sadness, love, euphoria, ups and downs. She plays well with words and her poems creates feelings and emotions that aren't easily accessed. (At least not for me.)

[Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

It´s wonderful, I love it!!

[Boklogik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loving this! I can easily relate and feel the strong emotion in every word. I also really like that nature and the sky has a big part in this. Reading it over and over again and ended up marking almost every page as my favorite.

[isabelle ‘izzy’ kratz:) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thought provoking and beautiful. The imagery of nature and the moon and stars was my favorite part.

[Sophie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really nice and heartfelt collection, savour it, read it slowly. Many hidden messages lies within this journey of a book.

[Lucy Isaula · Rating 5 out of 5]

WOW, WOW, WOW. I feel like that is all I have to say but I also have more to say. This poetry book is freaking magical. I knew just by looking at the cover that I would love this book and it did not disappoint me AT ALL. I recommend this book to everyone. It is filled with such touching poetry that heals, poetry on regrets and memories, on love, on finding yourself, on embracing your darkness and also finding your way out of it. I loved this book so much and it is definitely something I will reread for years to come. I’m so upset that there’s no way for me to actively follow the poet because I’m absolutely impressed by her and admire her so much. Please get this book. It needs to be out there. More people need to read it. I want you to feel these words as I felt them. I want them to warm your heart like it did mine.

[Pascale · Rating 1 out of 5]

Glad I didn't purchase this, got my University Library to purchase it instead - but obviously no one read it before they catalogued it....

If it weren't for the awful grammar and glaring spelling errors, I would say that the "poetry" was on par with Milk and Honey, however, the spelling errors and the lack of punctuation other than the odd coma, made this really difficult to read.

What's that? You'd like examples of bad spelling: misary, guidence, "his eyes glimmering with content", and som.

Bad grammar: "But I should have known/ that glass break", "He reach for me", and "Nor did I wanted to be loved" to name a few....

[Morgan Nikola-Wren · Rating 4 out of 5]

Frances Ivy wraps you up in all the tenderness, pain and honest beauty that is self-discovery. I kept making notes for a "favorite line" to post with this review, but there were just too many.