DROPKICKromance

 i liked this well enough, but it was too similar to amanda lovelace (i know they're married but it honestly could have been written by her) i connected with a few of the poems, but most of it wasn't anything too revolutionary. a lot of it just felt like normal sentences and i prefer poems i have to dig a little deeper to understand. overall, it was good but nothing special enough to warrant a higher rating.

The anthology is split in two. A before and after if you will. The before being about a bad relationship, and the after is about love, finding that person who understands you, who knows you. And you feel the heartbreak, in the first half; and then in the second half, you feel the love. The second half also focuses on building a new life and creating new stories. It made me hopeful and just like the first poem says – I'm lacing my boots with my words and dropkicking the world – I'm ready to face the world head on.

Parker is one of those poets who paints pictures with the words in the poems. As you read their poems, it's like you're not simply reading anymore, you're more floating gently and listening to the words. If it makes sense. This is the first poetry book I've read from Parker and I'm definitely wanting to read more.

Favourite Quotes:

her shadow:
what is more innocent than a girl and her cat?

I'm not sure if the next quote is considered an official quote from the anthology but I do like it very much:

I'm lacing my boots with my words and dropkicking the world.

a web of hopeless romantics:
we have the entire world/at our fingertips,/so why should we limit ourselves/to only what's around us?