The Things We Don't Talk About

by Anthony G. Martinez

26 poems: Tunnel, Dark Corners, Parallel, Press Play, Mundane, Walls, Sunbathing, Broken, Space Traveler, Brilliant, Gloom, Harbor, Fallen, Words, Stargazing, That Great Night, These Eyes, What Defines Me, Screams from Outer Space, Crosshairs, Eclipse, Peace of Mind, Drowning, Corpses, Before I Go, Journey

Genres: Poetry

54 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 21, 2019

About the author

Hey, I love writing and exploring stories I have created in my head. Poetry started this journey of creating stories in various genres. The dreams and things I’ve seen are what inspire me to create worlds you probably haven’t even thought could be possible. But as I write this writing wasn’t my first love. Until I was 16/17, I wrote my first poem while playing video games. I was rhyming in my head and thought that should be written down and after that I got hooked. At first with stories, I wanted to make tv shows, movies. I wrote my first script and let my dad read it but became heartbroken by what my father said. After his truth bomb, he said I should write a book. Even though the whole situation discouraged me, I still felt the urge to write my stories, and I listened to what he said. As I wrote stories that haven’t seen the light of day yet, I didn’t feel confident in my writing skills since I thought only smart people wrote books. So, to see how authors wrote books, I read a book called The Hunger Games. Reading that book gave me all the confidence in the world to go forward and hopefully write something as captivating as that book. If you take this journey with me, I hope you enjoy what I’ve written but also if you are an inspiring author the confidence as well to write your own story.

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Reviews

[Tylah Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

wow. heavy. ‘words’ was my favourite out of this one.

[johnny ♡ · Rating 1 out of 5]

i don’t know what scribd is on, but what the hell was that.

[Tracy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, a little dark but some of the poems make you think. It's a quick read. It would help if it had punctuation.

[Natasha M. Nurse, Esq. · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's the words we don't speak that we should... This is the poetry of life ❤️

[Reading_ Tamishly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of dark poems depicting loneliness, loss of trust and mundane life.
It's depressing to read this.

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

So, this was a tough one to read (lack of punctuation aside). The subject was dark and is exactly what the title calls it, “Things We Don’t Talk About.” As someone who deals with depression, self-harm, and has tried to commit suicide before (doing much better now) some of these poems made me feel like, yes, this person gets it, they understand. It was oddly encouraging. Some great poems: Space Traveler, Drowning, Eclipse, and Words.

[Abby Wilson · Rating 1 out of 5]

TW: SI & SIB (romanticized), abuse, death, extreme depression
I DO NOT reccommend this book. I've never read a book thats so short (36 pages) and so depressing. Every single one of the 26 poems were depressing, to the point of not wanting to read it. I HATED that the author romanticized SIB and SI- it made me so angry. This is a book that I won't read again and will remove from my kindle library asap.

[Brenna Jarrett · Rating 2 out of 5]

Summary: that scene in Brooklyn 99 when Captain Holt is trying to write a speech and just says “Pain”

[Jax · Rating 4 out of 5]

a quick read and I really enjoyed it. In my opinion, this is a book for everyone who loves poems and want some deep stuff... this is it.
I loved drowing the most, because it reminds me of a comfort character of mine and yea... I was close to tearing up.

[Tsunn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Not me crying in the public area. Thank you for telling me the things that I can't talk about.

[lucrecija · Rating 4 out of 5]

A heavy read that left me quite speechless. Each poem captures the depth of emotion really well. The poems aren't very specific, leaving room for each reader to interpret it and relate from their own experience. Loved it :)

[Jayden Joseph · Rating 5 out of 5]

Anthony Martinez created a book of poems expressing his feelings and how he dealt with depression and other mental health issues. Anthony creates this book as a chronological journey through his feelings. It starts in a dark place and you see the progression as he becomes more and more complacent with his feelings. “‘Have hope’// But how could I// When now it seems like an endless tunnel with no light” (5) He starts sounding hateful to the people who try to help him. Seemingly it gets worse, “It’s starting to build// And I’m letting it pile// Higher and higher// The pressure mounts// Trying to fight it// But the deeper I drown// Suffocating” (36). But as the book continues, Anthony writes the book like a letter to the reader, consulting those who feel the same as him. “I promise you// Everything will be okay” (38). I love this book because of the way it seems so personal. Anthony doesn’t have a solid theme but it develops throughout the story, always interesting the reader with the journey through his mind.

[Shannon O'Connor · Rating 2 out of 5]

Eh

I just found this to read like a journal- not in a way where it was personal but where it didn’t seem to be edited, had a lot of spelling and grammatical errors.

[Connor Longaphie · Rating 1 out of 5]

with every book i read my hatred for modern poetry grows. Same themes over and over again with little to no creativity beyond that youll find on a sad #depression twitter page.

[clumsyplankton · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not great. Not terrible just meh

[alisha! · Rating 1 out of 5]

stringing words together doesn’t make poetry ❤️

[Janelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed this book, it somehow comforted me by being able to put what I felt before in words and by being able to describe that feeling of sadness, depression, and aloneness. I also found it inspiring in the sense that I also want to let the world feel and see how it felt, since the author was able to do that here.

It has no punctuations which is nice as you find your own rhythym and interpretation. The poems are well-written and this is a short read. It is not that easy of a read since it's some deep stuff so reading it while you're too sleepy may not be the best idea (take it from me, I tried hahaha).

I found some punctuations added a bit odd though, and I didn't understand why there were there awkwardly but it may be for the rhythym the author wants us to hear, I am not sure.

Overall, this is a nice and short read and a comfort to those who feels or felt alone and depressed at whatever points in their lives. It's a comfort because it diminishes the loneliness as it felt like someone else understood us and we are not alone, contrary to what we may be feeling.

[Zee · Rating 4 out of 5]

Quite a difficult read that rendered me speechless. Each poem does a great job of expressing the depth of emotion. The poems don't provide a lot of specifics, allowing each reader to interpret them and relate them to their personal experiences.

It’s pretty short and simple. The lack of punctuation might be annoying for some, but for me it let me choose the rhythm. Few of the poems were a bit meh but my favorite two would be “What Defines Me” and “Drowning”.

[𝓙𝓪𝓬𝓴𝓲𝓮 · Rating 3 out of 5]

I’m not huge on poetry, but these poems were indeed the things that we do not talk about. This would easily be a 5 star to someone who is poetry inclined.
This was a short book, around 30-some pages on the Apple Books app.
My favorites were “Gloom”, “Words”, and “Peace of Mind”.

“Questions always lead
To answers that were in front of me
I seek
A day where everything falls perfectly into place
And I get to enjoy a moment
Live in this space”

[Sabína · Rating 5 out of 5]

Básnicka zbierka The Things We Don’t Talk About úplne vystihuje moju častú melancholickú náladu. Akoby autor z druhého konca sveta opisoval mňa. Možno preto sa mi tak zapáčila, aj keď na goodreads má celkom nízke priemerné hodnotenie. Ale ku každému prehovára niečo iné a ku mne prehovorili tieto básne. Mám tak aspoň knižnú kamošku, ku ktorej sa môžem vracať a ktorá ma pochopí, keď sa nebudem cítiť veselo.

[Adrien · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lovely poetry book about eternal struggles. I find myself relating to these words, mainly because I suffer with depression and the poems were a comfort for me. It reminds me that I’m not alone in this pain.
I definitely recommend this poetry book. It’s a short read, and, at least for me, I find great comfort in these poems.

[Sarah Stein · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good collection of poems. I connected with Parallel, Walls, and Peace of Mind. I look forward to reading more of this author’s works.

-my mind is the only friend I know
-if only you knew how loud my plead is
-everything is running into each other I can’t escape

[Maryann Gestwicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yes, there are so many feelings and emotions and memories that we don't talk about. In the decade we are opening up to talking about them. Poems that I liked: Tunnel, Parallel, Mundane, Walls, Broken, Gloom, Harbor, Words, Stargazing, These eyes, What defines me, Eclipse, Peace of mind, Drowning, Corpses, Journey.

[Katie · Rating 1 out of 5]

The ryhming scheme eventually got distracting and there was little imagery to different techniques used to invest me.

The line breaks didn’t always give something to the poems but made them long vertical lines sometimes.

While the end started to pull the theme together, without the title, I would not know how they connected which is the opposite when it’s an anthology like this.

[Phyllis Burton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Seems to ramble

I don't know if the poet really wanted the poems to look this way. Capital letters every line, no punctuation. Really not interesting.

[David · Rating 1 out of 5]

Made very little sense. Honestly kind of painful to read.

[Bree · Rating 3 out of 5]

Trigger warnings for depression, death, and suicidal ideation

I thought this was a good little poetry collection. Very raw and sad

[alexia's.library · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was good and beautiful

[Maui Rochell · Rating 3 out of 5]

Short read yet deep. A man's point of view towards the things they don't talk about (like mental health issues) hits different and sometimes scary...

[🖤Carina🖤 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow