I’m a little conflicted with this book. I really like several of the poems, the illustrations, and how descriptive the author is. 

BUT most of the poems were so long and I felt like the point of the poem was lost, they were written more like ramblings or prose, and the topics were all over the place. I get that this is a collection with no specific theme. I just felt like there was no organization and I could see areas where there could have been that would have made the reading experience much more enjoyable…at least for me.

I really did enjoy the illustrations though, and the author’s descriptive style! Though I’d say my biggest issue was how long ~90 of the poems were. If they have short lines that’s not a problem for me. It’s when they look like paragraphs but don’t read quite like poetry that I struggle. (If the book advertised itself as ‘poetry and prose’ I would’ve overlooked this, but it didn’t.)

I’m just disappointed I didn’t enjoy it. Maybe it’s just not my thing.