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Titanic
In this debut pamphlet, acclaimed poet Bridget Minamore explores the sensibilities surrounding love, loss, and the subsequent struggles we all face at some point in our relationships. Themed around a series of popular songs and a certain sinking ship, Minamore riffs from poem to poem with a choice selection of humorous and somber verse.
- GenresPoetry
37 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 2016
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February 2, 2019
Partly, I am myself to blame for this rating. I have heard Bridget Minamore perform her spoken word poetry and fell in love with her long, beautiful and witty poems about culture and much more. I just assumed her written poetry would be similar, and on similar themes of black identity and culture.
I wasn't right and I shouldn't have had those expectations. This collection was nice enough, but I recommend it to people who like insta poetry, or minimalist poetry. I am not really for these short kind of poems and personally find them lacking... depth? Substance? I just felt like I needed somethinf more. I definitely got that with the last few poems which were longer, but I wanted it all through the collection.
However, I did like some things about this chaptbook! Minamore has a great way of wording some lines, and I could see the wittiness I loved in her spoken word coming through at times. I did like the theme and how it really explored a modern relationship and heartbreak.
All in all I just wanted more :/
I wasn't right and I shouldn't have had those expectations. This collection was nice enough, but I recommend it to people who like insta poetry, or minimalist poetry. I am not really for these short kind of poems and personally find them lacking... depth? Substance? I just felt like I needed somethinf more. I definitely got that with the last few poems which were longer, but I wanted it all through the collection.
However, I did like some things about this chaptbook! Minamore has a great way of wording some lines, and I could see the wittiness I loved in her spoken word coming through at times. I did like the theme and how it really explored a modern relationship and heartbreak.
All in all I just wanted more :/
June 9, 2016
Really fresh and funny with some lines that stop you short. Captures love and heartbreak in all its messiness and (skewered) clichés.
August 21, 2016
I really enjoyed this poetry pamphlet by Bridget Minamore. The poems which mostly centre around a relationship are keenly observed, humorous and incredibly touching.
I saw Bridget Minamore perform live a lot of the poems in this pamphlet and she was captivating. I would really recommend seeking out any videos online or a live performance if you can.
I saw Bridget Minamore perform live a lot of the poems in this pamphlet and she was captivating. I would really recommend seeking out any videos online or a live performance if you can.
July 25, 2016
spice girls AND britney spears references??? i am so into this!
April 30, 2020
it's more of a 2.75/5 i guess. i liked "2 become 1" and "leave right now" a lot though.
February 16, 2023
?3.7 stars?
This pamphlet combined 3 of my favourite things in poetry: love, heartbreak, and pop culture references (!)
I really liked how song titles and lyrics were weaved into so many poems in this pamphlet, and it was fun to read a title and pause to think to myself, ‘where have I heard that before??’ 🤔
My favourite poem may be ‘Fuckin’ Problems’ which compares a doomed relationship to the Titanic. I loved how Bridget uses different relationships in the Titanic (Jack and Rose, the iceberg and the ship, the captain and the ship, a passenger and the lifeboat they reach safety on, etc) to question what the dynamic was in her relationship and what lesson, if any, is to be learnt from it and its end. Big fan.
My only gripe with this pamphlet, and the reason why it’s 3.7 stars as I’m writing this, is that I feel it could’ve given me more. I thought some poems were much weaker than others, particularly some of the very short ones, and though short poems can definitely pack a punch, I thought some in this pamphlet weren’t really saying anything which is a shame.
Overall though, I enjoyed this and will definitely be revisiting lots of these poems.
This pamphlet combined 3 of my favourite things in poetry: love, heartbreak, and pop culture references (!)
I really liked how song titles and lyrics were weaved into so many poems in this pamphlet, and it was fun to read a title and pause to think to myself, ‘where have I heard that before??’ 🤔
My favourite poem may be ‘Fuckin’ Problems’ which compares a doomed relationship to the Titanic. I loved how Bridget uses different relationships in the Titanic (Jack and Rose, the iceberg and the ship, the captain and the ship, a passenger and the lifeboat they reach safety on, etc) to question what the dynamic was in her relationship and what lesson, if any, is to be learnt from it and its end. Big fan.
My only gripe with this pamphlet, and the reason why it’s 3.7 stars as I’m writing this, is that I feel it could’ve given me more. I thought some poems were much weaker than others, particularly some of the very short ones, and though short poems can definitely pack a punch, I thought some in this pamphlet weren’t really saying anything which is a shame.
Overall though, I enjoyed this and will definitely be revisiting lots of these poems.
May 30, 2016
Truly amazing.
March 21, 2017
beautiful
September 26, 2017
Both funny and poignant. Try and see her performing it as it really brings the poetry to life!
June 7, 2021
Most of these poems would hardly stand as stanzas if it were only about size, but because it’s about so much more than that, the poet deserves applaud for what Titanic achieves quite conveniently through words.
June 16, 2019
Bridget Minamore just gets it.
December 31, 2020
A masterpiece.
December 11, 2022
Really disappointed by this. Pretty vapid. Felt like reading jotted down ideas with underdeveloped thoughts and really poor poetic endings.
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