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Please Listen is a debut collection of prose poetry exploring topics ranging from depression and disappointment to love and facing fears. Whether about drowning or drinking coffee, there is the desperation of a voice that just wants to be heard running through all the poems. Uplifting at times, these confessional pieces touch upon the feelings of losing touch with yourself and the people around you while dealing with the ever present conflict between the desire to give up and the will to hold on.

Please Listen Sarah Kabli 9781478117124 Books

Boy, does this girl know how to turn a phrase: she can flip it on its head, create a metaphor that you absolutely did not see coming, and really make her writing work.

My favorite pieces from this collection all come from the middle: "Simon Says," "Our Story," and my favorite, "Coffee Stains and Paper Hearts." The imagery and the dizzying phrase-turning were what I found to be the strongest aspects of this collection. Emotional in an almost mythical manner, there were parts of this collection that were downright magical.

However, I often found the tone to be overly melodramatic, and this alienated me from a good number of the poems. I found myself thinking, "Surely it can't be this bad," "Who would actually love this person?", etc. The poems that talked about misery in such blatant terms reminded me of some of my high school students' first attempts at poetry: when a writer first realized what power words could have, sometimes he/she would let things run away, and then he/she was not controlling the writing anymore. It's easy to get so caught up in an emotion that it takes over the page a little too much in the effort to make a point; the writing can become too overt and heavy-handed.

All in all? Worth reading for the stronger pieces.

Note: I received a free copy of this book from Goodreads's First Reads program.

Product details

  • Paperback 80 pages
  • Publisher CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (January 17, 2013)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10 1478117125

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Boy, does this girl know how to turn a phrase she can flip it on its head, create a metaphor that you absolutely did not see coming, and really make her writing work.

My favorite pieces from this collection all come from the middle "Simon Says," "Our Story," and my favorite, "Coffee Stains and Paper Hearts." The imagery and the dizzying phrase-turning were what I found to be the strongest aspects of this collection. Emotional in an almost mythical manner, there were parts of this collection that were downright magical.

However, I often found the tone to be overly melodramatic, and this alienated me from a good number of the poems. I found myself thinking, "Surely it can't be this bad," "Who would actually love this person?", etc. The poems that talked about misery in such blatant terms reminded me of some of my high school students' first attempts at poetry when a writer first realized what power words could have, sometimes he/she would let things run away, and then he/she was not controlling the writing anymore. It's easy to get so caught up in an emotion that it takes over the page a little too much in the effort to make a point; the writing can become too overt and heavy-handed.

All in all? Worth reading for the stronger pieces.

Note I received a free copy of this book from Goodreads's First Reads program.
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