| Title | : | Salt Water |
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| Rating | : | |
| ISBN | : | - |
| ISBN-10 | : | 9781945796753 |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 169 |
| Publication | : | First published December 4, 2017 |
Salt Water Reviews
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*Update 3 stars
3.5 stars
This book is strongly express about self love and a little romance.
I enjoyed quite a lot of her poetry. However, there are quite some of it that I just feel disconnected with.
*Thank you so much for Thought Catalog for sending me this book :) -
3.5 stars.
Salt Water is a book about self love, learning how to be comfortable in your own skin and how to heal from a break up.
I enjoyed reading it. There were some of the poems I really liked but also there were poems I just couldn’t connect with, hence the 3.5 stars. However, I could see why someone would love it.
•Thank you Thought Catalog for sending me this book. -
Some poems were good but overall messy.
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"live so that dead has nothing to steal" 🥲
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4.5/5 weer hele mooie boodschappen
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I'll start out by saying I don't read a lot of modern poetry, but I wanted to give it a try. Second, I can see why someone would like this book. It has a lot of messages of loving yourself, healing from a breakup, and learning to be comfortable in your own skin. I love the message of the poems, but the poems themselves I thought were lack luster.
There were about 10 poems total that I liked from this collection and the rest were one or two single lines or had no cadence/rhythm to them. There were very few poems that read like poems and a lot of it felt like reading paragraphs or inspirational Facebook statuses. Which might be what poetry has evolved into. I'll have to read some other modern works to find out. Sadly though, this collection did not inspire me to continue trying. -
" maybe you were the hero you were waiting for
maybe you were the love of your life all along
maybe you were always happy
and just thought you needed the reassurance of someone safe
to let yourself feel it"
This is a lovely read. Weist has such a clear grasp of the written language and executes it so beautifully.
So much of these poems are about self love and acceptance with a bit of romance.
I connected with so many of them. She writes with such beautiful imagery. I feel so many could connect with this book. It really gave me all the feels.
Thank you @thoughtcatalog for sending me this lovely book.
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I couldn’t stop turning the pages of this book. This book gave me all the feels. There are so many truths laid out. A lot of times I feel like reading poetry is like reading a journal where someone has written THEIR most personal feelings; however, with Salt Water I felt it was the connection fibers in all of us with the author spinning her connection to a central force.
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This is the first real bit of poetry I've read that wasn't related to school or schoolwork. While some of the poems in here really did speak to me with vivid imagery, most of the works were really, at least to me, along the lines of something you'd see on a self help website in poetic form.
That said, I did enjoy the poems here. -
This book came to me when I needed it most. Beautiful poetry that I was able to relate to my own life and hardships. There were a few poems I read over and over before turning the page.
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Live so that death has nothing to steal
A beautiful simple and innocent-looking poetry collection by Brianna Wiest. The poems rings many bells in reference to Wiest other book;
101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think. The poems, expectedly were mostly on the denser abstract side. The kind that requires some thought and consideration to fathom the point of. I had to section my reading time as not to choke on too large a bite to swallow. Still, there are some poems which I think is too cryptic -even for a guy who reads a lot for Wiest- for the practical purposes.
The topics of the poems revolve around the following, which Wiest mostly resolve around: confidence, awareness, growth, deconstruct then construct, overcoming pain, acceptance, spirituality, connectedness, and the whole similar shebang.
Poems for my current and future self:You are so busy standing in your ruins
That you are not building a new cityWhen you heal yourself
You heal everyone
When you're reaping a harvest
You can feed everyone
Don't let anyone tell you
That taking care of yourself is selfish
It's the only path
To enlightening the whole
There are no deadlines for your life
You don't have to pull the magic out of you
By some particular point in time
It is never too late for a miracle
The right time for anything to happen is now
Growth is our homeostasis
And everything is done for its purposeWhat are you going to do
When you finally move on
When this last thing that needs to be fixed is fixed
And the worry subsides
And the problem is over
Like the dozens that preceded it
What will you do next?
That's what you should be doing nowYour mind is fire
It can heat your house
Or burn it to the groundIt is not the unknown
But the past you are projecting
Into it
Usually the fate you fear most
Is the one you're imposing on yourself now
You're not afraid that it will happen
You're afraid you'll never get out
We need sages and scientists to expand the human mind
And we need to intersect grace and reasonHealing is not fixing
It is just the process of remembering
That everything was always okay
The strange burden of being an intuitive
In a world that's still asleep
Is that to be so sensitive that you can perceive what's wrong
Makes you feel like everything is yours to fixNothing in the universe is broken without reason
Nature doesn't work that way
Stars collapse and become supernovas
Seasons cycle to purge and renew
Your life will not break you without purpose
lf you are opening to your rebirth
This is the crucifixion before you resurrect
A miracle
ls not a rare interventiopn
It is a restoration of perception
It's not awe-inducing
It's commonplace
The only problem is
When you think it's notEverybody in your life is an assignment
And the project is not to fix them,
It's to change you
Maybe you keep creating problems
Because it means you can express and witness
Your inner power
Maybe you are not addicted to the darkness
But in playing with your light
Being truly fulfilled
Is an impenetrable shield
There is no resistance to an insult
There is no need for someone to approve
There exists such a deep joy
And nobody else's words put it there
So nobody else's words can take it away
Sometimes you will go through darkness,
And that is the end of the sentence
It was a dark winter, and nothing more
You sank and you purged
And you didn't understand why you laid in sadness
Sometimes you don't need to know why
You only need to go through it -
I WAS going to give this a 3/3.5 however I did not.
here's a list of things I want to address
1. some pages only had one line ... in THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE?!! that's a lot of wasted paper for no reason.
2. the questions asked in said one-liner are meant to be "deep" but feel like the very early 2000s trying to be "woke"
3. there's seems to be an odd relationship with God, it feels hostile but it's not bringing me to the conclusion maybe ...just maybe its religious trauma.
4. there were not many pages that made me stop and rethink or even engrave them in my mind.
with that being said here's my favorite poem and the reason for the 4 stars
" your nature is not stasis
it is movement
the earth does not look at itself and say,
"I am perfect I am done"
nature's objective is not to complete
but to re-become
again, and again."
I just love the setup of these lines it's just so beautiful
I would like to disagree that the earth does say it's perfect and done.
the earth does think all is perfect and done just not finished...not completed, I think the earth knows even the most perfect thing still can be evolved and be something much greater than expected. -
Salt Water is a collection that tackles self- love, finding your strength within, and addressing what healing really means. I had an up and down experience where some poems hit hard and others that didn’t stick with me. I think it’s worth the read if any of the topics sound intriguing. Below are some highlights for me.
“You are so busy standing in your ruins
That you are not building a new city.”
“Evolution is divinity at work
We are nature made aware of itself
Science is the most spiritual pursuit
To learn the patchwork of existence
Is to understand ourselves.”
“Everybody in your life is an assignment
And the project is not to fix them,
It’s to change you.”
“Healing is not fixing
It is just the process of remembering
That everything was always okay.” -
Beautiful, soul-piercing words -- each page contains a majestic gem of life-altering insight sparked from the pure essence of wisdom, all manifested from a heart enraptured in the seeking of Life's subtle, healing truths.
Her words and thoughts in this book are precisely crafted lightning strikes of truth that shatter my soul and then revive it anew into purposeful action.
What a talented, giving soul she is with her writing, which is reaffirmed in her other books and essays. She is a soulmate for all who share her love of Truth and understand the power of words to decrypt and reflect Creation's eternally unfolding insights. -
"If on my last day
I were to greet
The person I could have become
I hope I am happy to be who I am
And I hope that I love her anyway"
Brianna West addresses the big questions and thoughts that we try to avoid. The long-term ones from individual well-being to external relationships.
Her poetry varies from one liners to a paragraph, and all the time way to several-paged poems. The variety kept things from being monotonous, creating intentionally or unintentionally, a rhythm throughout the book. -
self-help poetry? maybe, all poetry is self-help anyway, but this one hits the spot. It's fresh, certain but entertaining. I could not stop turning the pages.
I love Brianna's writing style and I recommend you read all her books!
"You can choose how you travel
You can decide where you’re going
You will never know which route
Will be the one to take you there
So don’t collapse when things
Don’t seem to be working
Unanswered prayers are answers
Failed plans are signs
Even things that don’t work out
Are still part of the path
Failures are detours
Not destinations" -
»did jesus leave the lepers
because he didn’t like their “vibes?” «
second hand embarrassment bound to occur…
i really do think every poetry book has its own raison d'être but even rupi kaur poetry sparks more emotion in me than those half assed facebook inspired motivation quotes i've already read a million times
maybe this worked in 2017 when it was published but it's definitely not working now… at least not for me, sorry
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i liked it a lot.
this book is full of poetry about self love, healing and how we all have all that need, within ourselves.
there were some poems that i just didn't align with my beliefs and ideas but it was a nice read, the kind you would read to yourself on a cosy Monday night after taking a bath and doing your skincare. -
Aptly named Salt Water, this book of poetry felt like sitting on the beach and letting the salt water lap at your toes and ebb your worries; the comfort of anxiety and fear being washed away; feeling made new.
I want to give a copy of this book to every person I know and hope the Salt Water is a balm to their soul, too. -
I loved it, it had me thinking, reflecting, understanding, learning & so much more! It's so well written, captivating, strong in emotions and hitting! I've realized so much think, like literally! So good!!!!
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One of my favorite poetry books.
It tells about the importance of being whole and the no external things can provide that wholeness for that we need to look inwards because everything we are searching is already within us. -
this type of poetry just doesn't touch me that much anymore. still excited for wiests essay collections though because while reading i often caught myself thinking that a lot of these topics would be more interesting and actually self-helping to read about in an essay than a poem.
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There is a lot to love in here.
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amazing!
Different mix of poetry — some short while others long and the styles seem to change but the messages are consistent. Great read if you like new poetry! -
Wow. The entire book was just beautiful. So simply powerful. I don’t come back to books often but I know in the future I will reread this.
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4.5
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Such an amazing poetry book!!! I loved every poems and some of them really made me reflect about life.
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Themes too repetitive, very chaotic transitions of poems. Could have been way better.
