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Ugh, I love Jollin and her poetry. It feels so good to finally have something in print from her. What a great collection of poetry! I'm such a sucker for body image topics and she hits the nail on the head here. Well done!"Still this is my own battleand I cannotkeep anysoliders." đź’™
Documenting the insecurities and uncertainties of the flawed human anatomy in a self-deprecating manner is not particularly novel. Would have preferred it to be more visceral too.
Okay, I have to say, I had a looooot of expectations diving into this because of the blurb. And while there were individual poems that stayed with me. As a poetry collection on the whole, it didn't quite work for me. There were quite a few poems that I felt were a bit forced in terms of fitting with the theme. But I loved and related with some of the images Jollin Tan evokes and paints with her words. I'm just going to hold on to that. It's always tricky with a collection of poems or stories, th...
After a while this collection of poems felt repetitive and a little angsty.
Unflinching and honest. “Still I am green in yearning and in love. Still I grow moss from this waiting, my heart rooted in your palm, evergreen through the seasons” (28).
