Emily Byrnes

This is a book of poetry about mental health, love, loss and being LGBTQ . A lot of the poems are about the author's experience with OCD and intrusive thoughts. The book is set out into five sections: summer, autumn, winter, spring and leap year.

This book is wonderful. The poetry is beautiful, and painful at the same time. The beauty gives way to horror, which then morphs into recovery, not completely fixed but changed for the better. The book is a journey, through the pain and towards recovery and learning to love yourself. It's very emotional and moving. I read the whole thing in one sitting, because I was enraptured by it.

This poetry is exactly the kind of poetry that I love. The use of nature, memories, and all of the senses really work in these poems. The poems are modern and accessible. I was reminded of Rupi Kaur's poetry, as well as others who are similar, so if you are fans of her poetry I think you'll love this book. The poems are very accessible, even to people (like me) who find a lot of poetry difficult to understand.

Overall, this is a beautiful book, well worth a read.… (mehr)