Book Sleepers awakened

Oli Hazzard s third collection emerges from the daily disarray of care and work nature and technology Its ambitious formally various poems extract the ore from boredom as memory personal familial social historical and the collective memory of poetry itself are wrenched out of shape by dramatic disruptions in rhythm space and scale The sadness and pain of forgetting is here too alongside its unexpected forms of potential. Sleepers Awake kindle unlimited The title borrowed from the Lutheran hymn that inspired a Bach cantata catches the book s dreamy kaleidoscopic cross temporal dialogues Through satirical allusive tender hopeful poems Sleepers Awake makes spaces for intimacy with the reader arguing through an off key melody for the jovial texture of batshit relations for the pleasure of live drawing in sceptical company Sleepers AwakeReading Sleepers Awake left me feeling confused and uncertain The book explores the pain of forgetting and the unexpected opportunities it brings but I struggled to understand their connection. Sleepers awake song If you enjoy poetry that requires deep thinking and complex interpretation you might find something in this collection However if you prefer clearer and straightforward poetry this book might be difficult to understand Overall Sleepers Awake left me feeling like I missed the point and was not able to fully appreciate its depth. Sleepers awake song Thank you Netgalley and Farrar Straus and Giroux for providing me this ARC 9781800173002 unedited 9781800173002 I m just gonna be honest I have absolutely no idea what I just read The prose was way over my head Maybe I m just not smart enough for this book Because of my continuous confusion I have to rate it three stars I appreciate the thought and time that went into this collection though Thank you Farrar Straus and Giroux and NetGalley for the ARC in exchange for my honest review 9781800173002 This is a modern day poetry It s not an Instagram poetry or old school one It s Oli s own style unique different at times hard to understand yet fresh full of layers textures different sounds of words It s all over the place yet it makes sense somehow It describes reality harsh at times It describes the city life It would be perfect to read during the fall not summer or spring You need to be in a mood for it at times weird and have an open mind I wanted to experience something out of the box and got it It s 35 stars: Sleepers Awake bookkeeping The poems are characterized as satirical allusive tender and hopeful I encountered some difficulty in fully grasping their intended meaning. Sleepers awake bach This was a Net Gallery shelf ARC thank you 9781800173002