"A Beautiful Composition of Broken"

“A Beautiful Composition of Broken”

Written by R.H. Sin

Review written by Diana Iozzia

            “A Beautiful Composition of Broken” was the first book I had decided to read by R.H. Sin. After receiving a set of three from the publisher for reviewing purposes, I began the book and did not want to stop reading. I didn’t. I read the entire book in one night. An hour in the afternoon and then two hours at night. I have not read much of modern poetry, so I was intrigued by his books. He writes mostly about love and heartbreak. Many of his poems also included themes of feminism, personal strength, self-empowerment, and have hints of mental illness, possibly depression or anxiety. I personally enjoyed the poems about love and heartbreak the most, but the other themes were welcome. I liked that many of his poems were full of great metaphors and personification. I think it’s interesting to read poetry where feelings and abstract emotions are personified through other objects or animals. In addition, many of his poems compared love to weather and the elements of nature. Lastly, the very large but hardly filled pages are not great for the environment, but they are very stylistic. I imagine if I was more artistic, I would love to draw in the empty white pages and doodle. This seems like a book that many people take into their own imagination, so I think it would be great if this was wrote in or annotated.

            My favorite poems in this book were:

“a love worth keeping.”, page 3.

“at 7:22 p.m., to my love.”, page 9.

* “begin again, again.”, page 27.

“1:25.”, page 40.

“a grave love.”, page 50.

“twenty 2.”, page 58.

“the night is coming.”, page 94.

“Marie.”, page 110.

“i see a lifetime in brown eyes.”, page 159.

“in gardens we wait.”, page 212.

“spring.,” page 343.

“22 minutes until forever.”, page 430.

“more than stars.”, page 445.

“April in New York.,” page 451.