Devil's Lake

Registered by veleta of Willesden, Greater London United Kingdom on 6/17/2020
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Journal Entry 1 by veleta from Willesden, Greater London United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 17, 2020
Un-loannable book.

Kindle pdf document. Excellent edition.

I liked the first and the third parts. When the author says that she wants "to be the poem, not the poet" I understood her so much! I thought it was a beautiful way of expressing the feeling. I felt mesmerized with the poetic language and the rhythm!

I also liked the fragments from the blackmail letters. That is a way of subverting violence and bigotry, and the type of poetic experiment that I love. to encounter. It is also playful, from my point of view, and adds levity and a smile to experiences that may be grusome. It must have required an excellent editor to re-create the whole experience, so kudos to the publishing house, Tolsun Publishing, for taking the time and effort to present it so well in this book.

At some point the authors speaks about losing a job and being happy about it. That's another experience I can also identify with., I liked how she mixes her personal experiences -those she wants to mention- with the poetic feelings and the social criticism..

She also mentions a historical fact which took palce in the Appalachians' Trail. I had already heard about it because, (what a coincidence!), I finished reading Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods two weeks ago and he mentions this very same event. I liked the reference to this ourtrageous event. It was sheer luck that I knew what it was about so I didn't have to google it up! I liked the way she treats the matter as well. A cold case whose file has never been properly closed and that now it has sadly become part of the history of their (the poet and the victims') country, the USA.

Where the book lost me is in the non-sensical un-readable words. If the poet wanted to express the breakdown in human communication, congratulations, she's succeeded! The only thing I can say about it is that I felt that the "asdfsdfa" was based on the words sad and fast, which created a sad emotion on me..I may be mistaken and it is not based on those words at all, but I didn't understand it and I didn't like it at all.. James Joyce's Finnegan's Wake lost me on page one, and Sarah M. Sala has lost me in this part as well.

I would recommend it. The positive points outdo the negative for sure. There is a part in the middle that I didn't like.but the rest was the type of meaningful, expressive free verse that I usually like. Congrats to the poet!

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