You, My Love: a diary in verse
Author
Richard Atwood
Publisher
iUniverse, Inc.
3 Review Copies Left
13 January
You are into me
like flame and fire
as no other desire could
know such gentle fury
...like an undefined thirst
incalculably uncontrolled,
or passion spent in seeking
a wild
and wondrous rose.
* *
With love, as in life, there are no guarantees. (Except always a beginning, always an end.) Nothing else is certain, set in stone.
Instead, malleable, turning, ever in flux... ebb, flow. So too, the heart-yet once fixed, as relentless as a star: the blaze too brilliant to be near, consuming all. Whether right or wrong, a force of such power and import, almost impossible to stop. Impossible not to desire above all things (whether prudent or unwise), to destiny or despair.
May your star remain fixed-your love, the life it was meant to be. (edited by author)
Reviews
Richard Atwood did an excellent job with his book You, My Love. The entire book is a diary written in verse. A love story that is so beautiful, sit down and you just get carried away. The verses are so neat and flow together to make it an easy read at the same time a great read. The author accomplishes all he set out to with this love story. So simple and yet complex enough to keep you interested.
I like the verse that is on the back cover:
13 January
You are into me
like a flame and fire
as no other desire could
know such gentle fury,
That is so beautifully put I absolutely loved it.
Another verse that I really enjoyed was on page 6:
And it seems too perfect,
too desirable
too much.....
and I am afraid to believe it,
but not unwilling to accept
the fragile touch
of your
fingertips on my heart.
Really well written and I enjoyed every last verse. I would recommend this book to anyone that enjoys a great love story.
Reviewed on 06/28/2011 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Jessica Williams
Fortunately for me I found the "notes" at the end of the book before I started reading the pieces in "You, My Love." The notes gave me an understanding that this is "A diary, exactly as it happened. Without intention...an older, married woman, a younger man. A diary first - a book of poems, second."
As I am attempting to write this review I keep contemplating on what I've read; where it started and where it ended...and all the emotional roller coasters in between. Richard Atwood draws in the reader's heart and emotional aspects of the self with each piece of writing. The wordsmithing is incredible and I admire how he is able to portray the feelings in so few words.
I encourage poetry lovers to read this book, not only for the poetry itself but to appreciate how Atwood is able to create a whole journey of love, pain, dismay, separation, wonderment and consolation in diary format. I just wish I had more words to say to really give this book the justice it deserves.
Reviewed on 12/14/2010 by ReviewTheBook.com Member Irene Watson
