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Poetry
Book Review: Aches and Epiphanies by Aries
A collection of poetry, prose and thoughts from poet and songwriter, Aries.
From love lost to happiness found; from pain to joy and vice versa. The words of the unspoken and raw human emotions come to the fore.
For those who have stood face to face with love and it has been terrifying or have hidden secrets behind closed doors. For those who find comfort in the hands of another, you will learn, page by page.
As the universe takes its last breath, it looks at you with glittering eyes and smiles. You were worth the destruction.
My Review
I chose to read this book after receiving a free e-copy from the author. All opinions in this review are my own and completely unbiased.
I have come to appreciate poetry more and more over the years. This group of poems from Aries are separated in two sections: aches and epiphanies. I liked the poems, although the ones in the first section do fit the name. An example:
I have too much love inside me
to waste my time with someone
who won’t even look me in the eye
before he kisses me.
I am not just a body; I am a soul, too.
Even though this poem is short, it rouses a lot of emotion.
Then there are the epiphanies. Some of them are great and really hit home. An example:
Dear Body,
This has been a long time coming but I have begun to fall
in love with you at last.
I know God made you for me for a reason.
I think about the things I said before and it brings me to
tears.
You have loved me unconditionally and now; it is finally
time for me to do the same.
All my love
Aches and Epiphanies is definitely a book I recommend if you like poetry that makes you feel.
About the Author
Aries is a poet from Kuwait who currently lives in the UK. She is passionate about writing down feelings and turning the pain into something beautiful.
She has enjoyed writing from a young age, as well as composing songs, and is currently releasing music on several platforms.
Aries draws on personal experience as well as the experience of others for her work, and aims to express real feelings on paper to reach out to anyone who is willing to listen.
The Beauty
Such a sad poem
A dead man walks
By a river of blood
And his reflection appears
Full of Life.
A pale moon shines
On a young, pallid face
And the blinded can’t see
The Beauty.
A night goes by
Silent, but pensive,
And it’s deafening ears
With anticipation.
We were here, you know,
Hidden away from the world,
And you left me
Alone and hurt.
Tomorrow’s a new day,
But I won’t know it.
Tomorrow’s your new day,
And you carry my hopes.
The Voice
Until the End
I sometimes forget
That air exists.
How its individual particles
Exist between spaces,
A light and dusty mixture
Of life and emptiness.
Breathing comes so naturally
On most days.
Take in the emptiness,
Exhale a bit of life,
Take in the emptiness
Usque in finem.
Sometimes
David Whyte not only reads his poem “Sometimes,” but he explores it and how it came to be.
SOMETIMES
by David Whyte
Sometimes
if you move carefully
through the forest,
breathing
like the ones
in the old stories,
who could cross
a shimmering bed of leaves
without a sound,
you come to a place
whose only task
is to trouble you
with tiny
but frightening requests,
conceived out of nowhere
but in this place
beginning to lead everywhere.
Requests to stop what
you are doing right now,
and
to stop what you
are becoming
while you do it,
questions
that can make
or unmake
a life,
questions
that have patiently
waited for you,
questions
that have no right
to go away.
Quarantine and Dissent
When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman, read by Janna Levin
When I heard the learn’d astronomer,
When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns before me,
When I was shown the charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them,
When I sitting heard the astronomer where he lectured with much applause in the lecture-room,
How soon unaccountable I became tired and sick,
Till rising and gliding out I wander’d off by myself,
In the mystical moist night-air, and from time to time,
Look’d up in perfect silence at the stars.
Appearances
Some say
Lips may shimmer
As roses or sunsets,
As flames or fruit.
I’ve seen every shade.
I’ve seen the natural hues
And the smeared lipstick
And the blinding gloss.
Some say
Hair may flow
As golden locks or darkest night,
As Autumnal fire or fairest auburn.
I’ve seen every shade.
I’ve seen the barren strands
And the roots at the base
And forced crops and curls.
Some say
Eyes may pierce
As oceans or sparkling stars,
As deep and inviting sirens.
I’ve seen every shade.
I’ve seen the vacant stares
And the hungry gazes
And the tired, worn out trances.
But I say
Love lives,
And it’s not found
In appearances.
