Crush | Litsy

Crush | Richard Siken

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The cover photo said it all. His hand obstructing a clear view of his face. His parted lips. His thumb dripping with ink or blood. Then the allusion to some type of obliteration clearly implied by the titled. A physical press. A mental squeeze. A loss of some necessary thing. Respect. Piece of mind. Dignity. Physical presence. Heart. Soul. Entire being. Everything. Then how to be whole again? How to recover? How to stand? How to still matter?👇🏽

Nute These words break the spirit. Erase the mind‘s comprehension. Push to panic. Slips the body beneath the inescapable weight of the earth and dares a breath. Drops the mind from a rock sheer and dares a thought. These words say that a person misunderstood or a love gone wrong or a need unrecognized and unfulfilled is a vortex or a vacuum or an empty sky or a long winding back road or an abyss. It‘s huge. It‘s vast. It‘s devoid. It is a crush!👇🏽 3y

Nute The body will be battered. The mind will be damaged. The soul will lose itself. A great suffering!
Yet, somehow it‘s a thing of motion and somehow you come out on the other side. Maybe different. Put back together with more parts. Maybe new. Reconstructed with fresh pieces. Deeper. Fuller. Thinner (is the fair?). Shinier. Better. Less. Altered (was that consensual?). Changed, yet, somehow still you!

Read his poems. You‘ll see!
Highly recommended! (edited) 3y

Cathythoughts Great review! Sounds amazing, stacked 3y

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vivastory Another fantastic review! Stacked! 3y

Nute #PoetryMatters 3y

CoverToCoverGirl Awesome review! 3y

TheSpineView 👍 Wonderful review! 3y

TheSuspenseIsThrillingMe I will definitely have to check this out. Not my usual type of read, but it sounds like a good one to mix in. 3y

Nute @Cathythoughts Thank you!💕I saw your name in the Summer Poetry Swap and I thought that I might be sending this book your way, Ms. Cathy, if it chance to be a you and me thing. I hope that you read it one day and we get to talk it over!🙂 3y

Nute @vivastory Thank you!💕 This book of poetry brings out every emotion under the sun, Scott. It felt like life and death somehow existed within the same moment simultaneously in one entity. Maybe it does. We are living and dying at the same time at each second of our existence. All this while simply trying to love and be loved. I felt everything!😶 3y

Nute @CoverToCoverGirl Thank you, CJ!💕 3y

Nute @TheSpineView Thank you, Ms. Lisa!💕 3y

Nute @TheSuspenseIsThrillingMe The BEST Litsy handle!🙂 This book of poetry takes you on an emotional rollercoaster. The push, the drive, the ferocity, the depth of exploration…the CRUSH is relentless. Completely raw and authentic! I‘m still recovering. 3y

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Kdchase

Crush | Richard Siken

Little Beast is my favorite poem so far. I‘m really happy to be rereading some Richard Siken. #poetry

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emtobiasz

Crush | Richard Siken

#birthdaychallenge progress visualized. 1/3 of the way there, but most of these are thanks to school and not my regular TBR 😑

ValerieAndBooks I love how this looks 😍! 8y

missevievelyn That looks so neat!!! 8y

emtobiasz @missevievelyn @ValerieAndBooks thanks! It took some measuring out to start but it's so satisfying to fill in! 8y

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CherylDeFranceschi So awesome! 😻 8y

melrailey So what is this you're doing? Sorry I'm late to the party. But it looks so neat and pretty. 8y

emtobiasz @melrailey I'm reading a book published every year I've been alive! It's the birthday challenge @TheNextBook started last year-- I got it from her! 8y

Wife Love the look of this journal/calendar of books read! May I steal your idea? I think that I will do the birthday challenge after I finish the #LitsyAtoZ challenge. Is there a hashtag for this challenge? 8y

melrailey This is a great idea! I might have to give it a shot. 8y

scripturient What a great idea! 😍 8y

Sjo_m I love the sound of this challenge! Will definitely be giving this a go soon! Such a pretty journal record too 💕 8y

TheNextBook This visual is stunning!!😍 8y

emtobiasz @Wife steal away! We've been calling it the #birthdaychallenge 8y

asiriusreader Love the visual!! 😍😍 8y

Donna_sBookMinute Great tracking method! I might look into fitting it into my current plan. 8y

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Clare-Dragonfly

Crush | Richard Siken

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Very intense, very good poetry. I honestly liked this more than I expected to; while some poems pulled me more than others, overall it's a collection well worth reading.

I think this would be a good companion to Maggie Stiefvater's Raven Cycle; I was frequently reminded of Ronan.

Clare-Dragonfly As a random side note, I didn't type "reading" very well the first time and it got autocorrected to "trashing." Really, Apple? Those words are not similar.

The Dream Thieves

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JessReads

Crush | Richard Siken

"You wanted to be cremated so we cremated you and you wanted an adventure / so I ran and I knew you wouldn't catch me. / You are a fever I am learning to live with, and everything is happening / at the wrong end of a very long tunnel."

The worst part about devouring a book of poetry like this on the subway on your way to work is then having to get off and go about your life as if you weren't just ripped apart inside....

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JessReads

Crush | Richard Siken

I'm about to head off to work and just finished my book, so I grabbed CRUSH on the recommendation of a coworker. I'm not usually much of a poetry reader, but after loving MILK AND HONEY and NIGHT SKY WITH EXIT WOUNDS, I'm exploring a lot more.

MrBook Nice satchel! Is that a satchel? Lol. 8y

JessReads @MrBook Hah it's a messenger bag, but I don't really know how that's different from a satchel, so yes? 8y

MrBook Sounds good to me too 😎👍🏻🙌🏻. 8y

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