Author: Trista Mateer
Genre: Poetry
Publisher: Create Space
Rating: 4.5/5
Reading poetry seems like breathing,
every word brings new breathe; every line brings new rhythmic expression.
Sometimes you felt that flow of surprise in your veins and sometimes you just
leave the things as they are, just to sense that specific poem.
Past Days I got the chance to read
Trista Mateer, when her poetry book “THE DOGS I HAVE KISSED” selected by Goodreads
as Poetry Book of the Year 2015. When some poet gets that much attention, World
seems more beautiful. After all poetry is a way of living.
I don’t know
how to exist properly
In the same
space as someone
I don’t love
anymore.
Here,
I come to this book… It is collection of some poignant still wonderfully weaved
emotions in a form of poems. These short gripping tales of love are that much
addictive… you couldn’t lay your hands off. You got
the chance to engulf beautifully woven emotions of love and bitterness, as
rainbow of different lives. It’s not a mushy kind of poetry book— it will
disturb you in a way, make you think about relations and left you with a
feeling of aliveness, really a eye-opener.
Every poem is full of
surprises— somewhere you found enthusiasm in love and sometimes you feel
suffocation, a fire in your heart. The Way Trista expressed her intense emotions
either it is being in love or pain of being apart, shows the growth of person
as a poet. If I would confess honestly.. it is kind of poetry book everyone
should must have…Such an Honest Expression
I would
like to share just one poem here…
Picking New Sheets
When I replace
these, there’s no
going
back.
When I
throw these out,
the
only thing that will remember
your
small ragged-breath sleeping
will be
me.
No more
touch memory on my pillowcases.
No more
“I can almost smell you.”
I think
the walls
of this
room have already forgotten
you
used to breathe here.
About The Author
Trista Mateer is a writer and poet currently based outside of Baltimore, Maryland. She believes in lipstick, late nights, and the healing powers of a good Taylor Swift sing along. Known for her eponymous blog, she is also the author of three collections of poetry.
More of her work can be found at: tristamateer.com
Affiliate link (Buy) : The Dogs I Have Kissed