“Whiskey Words & A Shovel III”
Written by R.H. Sin
Review written by Diana Iozzia
“whiskey words
& a shovel III” is a collection of poetry, written by my newest favorite
modern poet. r.h. Sin is an unorthodox poet with his lack of punctuation,
capitalization, and the occasional intentional sentence fragment. I enjoy Mr.
Sin’s poetry, but only a certain percentage of each book. I noticed that in the
first book I had read by him, “a beautiful composition of broken” that his
poetry in that book was very sad and heartbroken. The first half of “whiskey
words & a shovel III” is very angry, confused, and a little vulgar. The
second half is more likeable to me. I’m a bit of a prude when it comes to
literature, so vulgar language and descriptions of sexual encounters often make
me feel uncomfortable. His poetry does make you feel angry, because he’s angry.
I just don’t like seeing the F word every page I turn. However, this book had
more poems in it that I enjoyed in comparison to “a beautiful composition of
broken”.
If you
haven’t read my other review, I highly suggest it. Many aspects of his poetry
ring true in this book as well. r.h. Sin uses many different metaphors, similes,
and great personification. However, the poems that I didn’t like in this book,
I reeeally didn’t like. There are so many poems on how strong women are, how
you should look for relationships that make you whole, how crappy some women
are, how crappy men are. Like I mentioned before, many of the poems in this
book are angry and a little bitter. But I do understand that in the world
today, there are concerns of feminism, sexism, racism, so I’m not surprised to
read the themes in this book, even if it can be a little brash.
Still, I
think I really enjoyed this book, because of all of the poems I did indeed
like. There are quite a few, but here are the ones I suggest and like. I have
bookmarked them, so enjoy!
“nightfall.” pg. 3
“she was and still is everything.” pg. 29
* “garden.” pg. 35
“midnight Colorado.” pg. 63
“the woman I love.” pg. 70
“April 18th.” pg. 91
“under the moon.” pg. 123
“she is you IV.” pg. 149
“she was grand.” pg. 156
* “a garden for Gods.” pg. 169
* flames in the distance.” pg. 208
* “mountain high.” pg. 216
* “journal entry.” pg. 231 – 233
“grave garden.” pg. 237
“brown liquor girl.” pg. 238
“roses in the summer.” pg. 239
* “as the sun rises.” pg. 257
* heightened flames.” pg. 271
I received this poetry collection as a complimentary copy
for reviewing purposes through the publisher.
* favorite poems in collection
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