Review of The graveyard and other poems
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Review of The graveyard and other poems
[Following is a volunteer review of "The graveyard and other poems" by Mae Bea Sayes.]
Mae Bea Sayes' book The Graveyard and Other Poems was influenced by life and love. The author transforms ideas about her journey with language's meter and literary characters into poetry through images that come to life. She enjoys rhyming when it works and uses wordplay to build cadence. She explores the path of the soul's death, reawakening, and salvation in her most recent book of poems, The Graveyard and Other Poems. The lyrics, which were written in a cadence reminiscent of Edna St. Vincent Millay's writing, discuss the pandemic, a trip through a cemetery full of powerful spirits, tragic love, and the long-awaited atonement for sins after death.
She also discusses the subjects of love and lost love. I am revealed as I lay in the cemetery, transformed through the snow and concealed like the rose in the translucent light coming out in the early spring—from "The Graveyard". Readers are sure to experience a range of emotions as a result of Sayes' choice of a graveyard as the collection's central theme. Can love ever truly be lost, as she implied in her words? Is love powerful enough to survive death and come back? Can love continue to exist after death? Do the lover's sins from the grave accompany them after they leave the grave and come back?
Beginning with drizzly strolls through chilly cemeteries, morning dew on a foggy spring morning, and love returning from those very graves, Sayes conjures up gorgeous images. Statuesque burial monuments and headstones are surrounded by lush grass, moss, and vines. This collection has a unified aesthetic that not only makes it unique but also gives it a ton of personality. This collection is ideal for those who appreciate the classics but find the archaic language employed in them difficult to understand. Sayes does a fantastic job of keeping the language current while also conjuring up an ancient past.
Her writing is lovely and engrossing in this book, leaving you wanting more, which is something I truly adore about it! Really, I can't get enough. The audience at the poetry reading I took them to adored them to pieces. The book was well-written, error-free, and well-edited; I truly liked it.
This book is Sayes's finest work, and I can't think of anything I don't enjoy about it.
I rate this book five out of five stars. My heart was captivated from the first page, thanks to the carefully written and properly proofread manuscript. I suggest this book to anyone who enjoys classic writers like the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens because they will enjoy and be familiar with this collection.
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The graveyard and other poems
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Mae Bea Sayes' book The Graveyard and Other Poems was influenced by life and love. The author transforms ideas about her journey with language's meter and literary characters into poetry through images that come to life. She enjoys rhyming when it works and uses wordplay to build cadence. She explores the path of the soul's death, reawakening, and salvation in her most recent book of poems, The Graveyard and Other Poems. The lyrics, which were written in a cadence reminiscent of Edna St. Vincent Millay's writing, discuss the pandemic, a trip through a cemetery full of powerful spirits, tragic love, and the long-awaited atonement for sins after death.
She also discusses the subjects of love and lost love. I am revealed as I lay in the cemetery, transformed through the snow and concealed like the rose in the translucent light coming out in the early spring—from "The Graveyard". Readers are sure to experience a range of emotions as a result of Sayes' choice of a graveyard as the collection's central theme. Can love ever truly be lost, as she implied in her words? Is love powerful enough to survive death and come back? Can love continue to exist after death? Do the lover's sins from the grave accompany them after they leave the grave and come back?
Beginning with drizzly strolls through chilly cemeteries, morning dew on a foggy spring morning, and love returning from those very graves, Sayes conjures up gorgeous images. Statuesque burial monuments and headstones are surrounded by lush grass, moss, and vines. This collection has a unified aesthetic that not only makes it unique but also gives it a ton of personality. This collection is ideal for those who appreciate the classics but find the archaic language employed in them difficult to understand. Sayes does a fantastic job of keeping the language current while also conjuring up an ancient past.
Her writing is lovely and engrossing in this book, leaving you wanting more, which is something I truly adore about it! Really, I can't get enough. The audience at the poetry reading I took them to adored them to pieces. The book was well-written, error-free, and well-edited; I truly liked it.
This book is Sayes's finest work, and I can't think of anything I don't enjoy about it.
I rate this book five out of five stars. My heart was captivated from the first page, thanks to the carefully written and properly proofread manuscript. I suggest this book to anyone who enjoys classic writers like the Bronte sisters, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens because they will enjoy and be familiar with this collection.
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The graveyard and other poems
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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