I have so much to say about this, so bear with me. I don't know how this person keeps churning out these "poetry" books one after the other, like some kind of bad poetry factory. It just doesn't work that way! Or at least, it shouldn't. There is a reason why writing good poetry takes time, it can take someone years to gather enough material for a collection of poems ready to be published. It's only natural. Poems need to grow inside of us and ripen, only then can we pick them up and put them on paper. Not every single sentence someone thinks of in the spur of the moment should be considered as poetry. We already have Twitter for those. Now, I get the appeal of writing these short one-sentenced poems, I've tried it and it is kind of liberating, having this one idea and writing it down in its rawest form, and then moving on to the next just as quickly, without the obligation to form an entire lenghty poem around that singular idea. But then, these poems have to have a real punch to them, they have to hit you in exactly the right place. And when there's too many of them, they are going to lose that punch, no matter the quality. When it's overdone, it is just going to end up being bland and cheesy and repetitive to the point of agonizing boredom. And this is exactly how I felt while reading this - agonizingly bored! It baffles me how much these books are selling and, as someone who considers herself to dabble in poetry ocasionally, I am truly offended. Again, I understand why this is popular among people who don't usually read poetry much, it is short and you can fly through it in 10 minutes, but to me, that doesn't speak much about the quality. Do you choose your novels based on how short they are too? I didn't think so. I'd rather spend a solid two or three hours completely immersed in a good poetry book than fly through all of EIGHT R. H. Sin's books. (I only read this because I wanted to write a hate-review, but I didn't want to be a hater without having read the thing first, YES I AM PETTY LIKE THAT! Also, I love to torture myself apparently.) So, here I present to you some of the worst poems in this book, just so you don't have to trudge through it yourself. (See, I'm a nice person after all!)
you’re an addict
and i was just
another drug to you
i ache
from the weight
of all the sadness
in my heart
i don’t mind fucking one person
for the rest of my life
she was everything i needed
and i was ready to do whatever i could
to prove to her that i deserved
the love that she’d wasted on others
i hope you get lost
and find yourself again
she found heaven
in a bookstore
she got lost
in the pages
the light lives with you
you bring the light
wherever you go
be wild
be loyal
be loyal
be wild
you are the most interesting thing
occurring here on earth
don’t let them make you feel
as if you are ordinary
you are not
fuck the word count
pay more attention
to the message
anything is poetry
everything is poetry
I wish he took his own advice, and no, not EVERYTHING is poetry.
she was beautiful
and strange
and broken
but she was worth it
tell these girls
they don’t need men
to feel like women
DON'T YOU FUCKING TELL ME WHAT TO DO! (So patronizing, I don't need that in my poetry, I can get it from my parents for free)