Bloom for Yourself

by April Green

April Green’s ‘Bloom for Yourself’ is a beautiful, tender book of poetic writing, woven into spiritual lessons on healing, growth, faith, and self-love. April’s approach to writing is visceral; giving readers layer upon layer of thought-provoking optimism and faith. Her words are shared by thousands of people all over the world, including Jenna Dewan Tatum and Shantel Vansanten. ‘Bloom for Yourself’ is a book for anyone feeling lost, alone, depressed or unworthy. It is a book to be read many times over as you come to experience April’s extraordinary gift for helping you understand that you are never truly alone.

Genres: Poetry, Self Help, Nonfiction, Short Stories

176 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 16, 2017

Reviews

[Mindfully Evie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book on a whim with kindle unlimited, and was completely blown away by its beauty and rawness. I never normally read poetry, but this book seems to be an exception. It is quite short with a lot of white space, but I know it'll be a book I need to keep coming back to. There is a lot of emphasis on self-love and acceptance, as well as emotions I struggle to describe in words and yet April does it effortlessly. There is also a part two to this book, which was also very good and I would recommend - both very soulful reads. I've already gone ahead and purchased a paperback copy!

[Helena (helenareadsxx) · Rating 5 out of 5]

so inspiring and motivational!

[H.A. Leuschel · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a lovely change to my usual reading. This book is filled with soothing, inspiring and sensitive poems and prose poems about healing, self-love and peace - refreshing!

[Alice-Elizabeth (Prolific Reader Alice) · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good poetry collection by April, with lots of creativity and well-written poems on self worth, empowerment. Loved the imagery throughout!

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

"and the moon
looked down on her
and said:
you are too full
of everything
that makes you whole
to ever be loved
in halves"
I've been follow April Green on Instagram and Twitter forever and have always adored her writing. I finally got the opportunity to inhale her poetry book this weekend and I think I love her writing anymore if that's even possible. Her words give hope to those who long for it. Her poetry shows love to those who need it the most. This collection is everything. I'd highly suggest anyone needing a pick me up or self esteem boost to read it. She made me want to start writing again. ❤

[jules · Rating 5 out of 5]

breathtakingly beautiful

[hannah rae · Rating 3 out of 5]

poetry’s so swag man. i like all the connections to nature! i wish the writing style had more diversity lol

overall pretty good read i wrote ALL OVER this one

[Judith · Rating 5 out of 5]

Een geweldig boekje vol inzichten over (zelf)liefde en groei, verpakt in verschillende soorten gedichten. Het nodigt uit om steeds een tijdje te mijmeren en voor je uit te staren na het lezen van weer een mooi gedicht. Ik heb er van genoten en zal hem er nog vaak bij pakken!

Tip: April Green deelt veel van haar gedichten op Instagram, als je haar volgt zie je veel uit het boek langskomen.

[danicatalyst · Rating 3 out of 5]

"one day,
the sky will fall
onto your skin
and you will become
all the prayers you breathed
into the air;
all the poems
you pressed
into your bones.

and you will say:

'it was written.'"

[Miriah · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE LOVE LOVE this book! I highly recommend it to EVERYONE! Great job April Green!

[Izzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

I picked this up because I discovered that a quote I’ve loved for years came from this book:

Wild woman —

do not be afraid
to dance alone.

(the earth has been waiting for you)

That’s still my favorite page of this book.

I was a little nervous going into this because it was written in 2017, which was still the tumblr poetry era. I expected it to be more of the same poetry I’ve read a lot of. Some of it was repetitive but there were definitely some impactful ones. I tabbed 24 out of 162 poems, I feel like that deserves a 3 star. I love the nature imagery and self love theme but it didn’t do anything ground breaking. A solid self love poetry book.

[Sasha Elise · Rating 5 out of 5]

this was like advice and apparitions in the form of poetry and prose that formed a sticky sweet candy hard filled with liquid gold. this is good if you need a reminder of how worthy you are, how enough you are, and how much you need to love yourself.

[Morgan King · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best book of poems I’ve ever read…every woman should read this!!!

[giselle · Rating 5 out of 5]

do you ever feel like a book just hits you the exact time you need to read it? this was me.

[Millie Cullen · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 ⭐️

[Hily · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5 stars.
There were some entries really stood out, but overall nothing blew me away

[Elizabeth Marie · Rating 4 out of 5]

"above all, become less of a human and more of a soul" (p.164).

[Ayesha (in a book slump) · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think I liked reading the haikus.

[Michelle M · Rating 4 out of 5]

A book of poetry, prose and haikus about loving yourself. A very inspiring and philosophical read. 4.5 stars.

[mulan ⋆ ˚｡⋆౨ৎ˚ · Rating 3 out of 5]

beautifully written but i feel that most themes were unbelievably positive and logic contradicting

[Fiona · Rating 5 out of 5]

I’ve followed April’s writing on Instagram for a while and was incredibly excited to get my hands on this. It so did not disappoint. Not only did it include my personal favourite (pg 73) there were plenty of new ones I loved too. Her writing about self love and healing is wonderful and she’ll always be an inspiration to me.

Edit 2018: so I’m having a pretty rough time in therapy at the moment (ptsd is a bitch) and I picked this book up late at night when I couldn’t sleep. I can’t even begin to describe the calm and hope these poems bring to me. It’s wonderful, and beautiful, and so, so healing.

[Sincerely Bluejay · Rating 5 out of 5]

Creative, honest, and comforting

Everything on this was about the imagery and that was perfectly enough to distract me from the idea of healing ( a watched pot never boils) and actually feel better once i finished reading this. However, the section about haiku, some off the pieces were actual senryus because they were about emotion/ relationships in place off nature. Anyway! Great read all around.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a sensational book of inspiring poetry. I loved every piece of art in this book and read every sentence with absolute empowerment and joy. Green really lends herself to the emotional reader and I truly love that about her. Her words are not only inspiring but uplifting too. Thank you for the purity that I felt throughout this book Green!

[Janelle · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written. Very inspiring and she is the type of author I will definitely be buying more from. I got this book as a gift and I enjoyed it from beginning to end. Will be buying her other books.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

3,5*

[Kayla · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing.

[Nathalie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful

This book came to me at exactly the right time, the words my soul needed to hear at the right time.

[Myriam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mooie stukjes tekst, inspirerende poëzie en haiku's.

[Busyqueenreading · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written. A book I will reread and keep. I recommend this if you enjoy poetry on self love, growth and letting go.

[Jessica Giacinta · Rating 4 out of 5]

Modern poetry that is uplifting, hopeful and full of positivity in the sea of melancholy, sad, sarcastic ones nowadays.