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For When Shes Feeling Blue

For When She’s Feeling Blue is Edgar Holmes’ second collection of poetry (after his bestselling debut ‘Her Favorite Color Was Yellow’). It is a message of hope and inspiration for when she needs it most.

For When She’s Feeling Blue دومین مجموعه شعر ادگار هولمز است (پس از اولین پرفروش ترین او “رنگ مورد علاقه اش زرد بود”).

این پیام امید و الهام بخش برای زمانی است که او بیشتر به آن نیاز دارد

One of my goals for this year in terms of reading is to read more poetry ,hence why I picked up For When She’s Feeling Blue by Edgar Holmes, which you can find on bookflix.ir . Although I might come off as a grinch.I can’t help noting that this is the least enjoyable poetry collection I have ever read, and, while there are about three hidden gems in it, most poems feel like everyday statements.

The entire book is about the poet giving advices and reassurance for his supposed lover, who comes off as a fragile being. While the concept is not unfamiliar, in this particular case its approach is similar to someone throwing together a bunch of words and calling it poetry.

شعر بخوانیم.

یکی از اهداف امسال من در زمینه کتابخوانی این است که بیشتر شعر بخوانم به همین دلیل است که For When She’s Feeling Blue اثر ادگار هلمز را انتخاب کردم که می توانید آن را در bookflix.ir پیدا کنید.

گرچه ممکن است با خنده از سرم بیرون بیاید، نمی توانم توجه نکنم که این کم لذت ترین مجموعه شعری است

که تا به حال خوانده ام، و در حالی که حدود سه گوهر پنهان در آن وجود دارد، بیشتر شعرها شبیه جملات روزمره هستند.

کل کتاب درباره این است که شاعر به معشوق فرضی خود که به عنوان موجودی شکننده ظاهر می شود،

نصیحت می کند و به او اطمینان می دهد.

در حالی که این مفهوم ناآشنا نیست، در این مورد خاص رویکرد آن شبیه به این است که کسی دسته‌ای از کلمات را کنار هم می‌ریزد و آن را شعر می‌نامد.

Rating this book feels bizarre

Rating For When She’s Feeling Blue feels bizarre

as rating someone’s feelings for their lover on a five-star scale isn’t necessarily the right thing to do;

however, I have to rate it, so…this book is a one-star read.

One thing I can appreciate: Holmes’ persistence and determination to understand and reassure his girlfriend of the love he carries for her in his heart.

Leaving aside his intention(s), his poetry is flat and lacking both depth and emotion, being mostly characterized by straightforward words that are rather statements than poems.

While I understand what he wanted to convey, I can’t help associating his lines with searching for “love quotes” on Tumblr around 2008 or with the typical pick-me-up love songs teenagers were listening to when falling in love for the first time. Perhaps if I were younger I would’ve appreciated his poetry more, and I am sure there are many people who do, but at this stage in life five words don’t always make for a poem.

پنج ستاره

از آنجایی که ارزیابی احساسات یک نفر نسبت به معشوقش در مقیاس پنج ستاره لزوماً کار درستی نیست. با این حال، من باید به آن امتیاز بدهم، بنابراین … این کتاب یک ستاره خوانده شده است. یک چیز را می توانم قدردانی کنم: اصرار و عزم هولمز برای درک و اطمینان دادن به دوست دخترش از عشقی که در قلبش برای او دارد. از نیت (هدف) او که بگذریم، شعر او صاف و فاقد عمق و احساس است و بیشتر با کلماتی سرراست مشخص می شود که بیشتر بیانیه هستند تا شعر.

it should have been kept between the poet and his lover

For When She’s Feeling Blue, I believe, should have been kept between the poet and his lover,

especially because it is so personal that it is quite difficult to relate to any of the poems in it.

Besides, certain lines feel like sentences one encounters in their everyday conversations,

while others feel like some kind of stream of consciousness that determined the poet to write everything that crossed his mind (which, again, isn’t wrong, but it doesn’t always make for a valuable poem either).

These being said, this is my first one-star read this year,

and while I can’t and won’t recommend the poetry collection for it’s literary value,

I do recommend reading it so you have something to compare your next