Hera Lindsay Bird’s self-titled debut book is not your run of the mill poetry book. Published in 2016 by Penguin Books, her confessional style of writing and creative use of similes has a way of grabbing your attention while heightening your curiosity into her world of words.
Hera Lindsay Bird is not an old-fashion poet. There is no rhyme or regular beat to her free-style flow. No closed off, rigid formats here. Instead, while reading her poems I find myself meandering through her stream of conscience as she touches on a wide range of emotions and experiences. Read her poems titled: “Everything Is Wrong” and “Having Already Walked Out On Everyone I Ever Loved”. Her poems are not for the faint of heart. They are real, raw, and edgy. Some are absolutely hilarious such as “Monica or “Write A Book” for example. Some can be raunchy like “Keats Is Dead So Fuck Me From Behind” others such as “Pain Imperatives” may have you wondering why you can’t write stuff this good.
It is a book of poems worth reading. Her content is live and colorful and cleverly written. She does not come across as arrogant or puffed up with self-importance. If you are looking for a fresh spin on an old craft, then pick yourself up a copy of Hera Lindsay Bird.
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Note: Image above was photographed by me. I mean seriously, taking a photo of a book is almost just as fun as writing about a book.
Birds of a story 