Loud World, Quiet Thoughts

by David Jones

From the author of the best selling poetry collection Love And Space Dust and the writer behind the internationally famous poetry account @storydj comes a book about love, heartbreak, life - and how to survive all three amongst the noise of our modern world.Loud World, Quiet Thoughts is divided into two parts. The first consists of short prose, aphorisms and quotes focused on the deafening noise of the modern world; of social media, of television, and pressure. It embodies the endless anxiety of contrasting voices and white noise so loud that it drowns out our own thoughts. The second consists of beautiful poetry drawn from our quietest thoughts and the depths of our souls, thoughts about love and heartbreak and, most of all, hope.Above all else, Loud World, Quiet Thoughts is a book about reconciling the secret spaces of your heart with the white noise of the world outside.

Genres: Poetry, Romance

184 pages, Paperback

Published October 10, 2019

About the author

David Jones was born in 1989 in Liverpool, which is still his home. He studied English language and Literature at the University of Liverpool before specializing in Renaissance and Eighteenth Century Literature. He started writing at an early age, and has won numerous prizes for both poetry and prose, as well as writing plays for the radio and producing short films. His chief interests apart from writing are Renaissance texts, performing and producing music, and playing sports.

Reviews

[Stefanie Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed the poems by this author that I had read before this collection. I was not disappointed at all by this collection, though it does have quotes and other things in it as well. Some of the poems are very emotional and I connected with them for a variety of reasons.

[Vera · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poesía moderna. Qué puedo decir?

Hay frases que me gustan,
pero yo
qué
sé.

La verdad que meh. No recomiendo. Salvo que queráis usarlo para subir frases profundas a ig o tw JAJAAJAJAJ

[Elizabeth | Lizzy | eliz.abethreads · Rating 5 out of 5]

Short, snappy poems which hit you hard in the feels.

[MML · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a modern, terse, romantic getaway of (mostly) one-liners. Not all of them are works of genius, some ”insights” are simple and familiar to the point of being banal… but the majority do grasp (filled and unfulfilled) young love and loss of it. I have read so many very very bad attempts at modern ”ground breaking and innovative” poetry, that this book by David Jones is very refreshing. Do simple things well and well enough, rather than attempt something ”disruptive” with the skills and brains of a simpleton;a chef metaphor: rather a very good burger than a cringey failure attempting to surpass Heston Blumenthal with the kitchen brain of a hot dog stand owner.

This book is the good burger. I will eat it again. Because it works.
With curiosity I follow the poet as he ages and gets more depth of thought and topics.
And will buy more of his books.

[Remy Jakobson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I must admit it's an accomplishment to use so few words and still leave nothing to the imagination. I would not recommend this book unless you enjoy wine mom Facebook memes. The contents of this book are not the same as those, but I suspect the audience is largely the same.

[☆☀︎☽jade☆☼☁︎ · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5⭐️

[Junee · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the words in every page, it's like straight to the heart. I am over my heartbreak but this piece reels me back to it, in a good way though which had led me to read all of David's works.

[Olja · Rating 2 out of 5]

A lot of very simple sentences.
Repetitive.
Not very innovative.

I guess, there are two, three pages that slightly stood out.

The rest,
Not impressive at all.

[Ashley Plaza · Rating 3 out of 5]

i think this is painful to read

[Anna :) · Rating 4 out of 5]

the only poetry book i own
i owned it for a while now and i love to just read a few pages sometimes when I’m in the mood
his poetry is a work of art <3

[Emma Van Aert · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's has poems in it that make me emotional

[Lydos ♡ · Rating 5 out of 5]

Probably on of the best poetry books I've read.

[Thabani Gubhela]

best book ever

[C.R. Eede · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a good book. Very short pieces per page, but the emotion expressed within each excerpt was heartfelt.

[Wendy :) · Rating 3 out of 5]

Que lindooo 😭😭
Estoy en mi “poet era” JAJAJAJAJA

“some leave marks, others leave scars.”

[beza stan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes.