Netgalley Review: the witch doesn’t burn in this one

the witch doesn't burn in this one by Amanda Lovelace; ladybookmad Andrews McMeel Publishing Poetry 2016 Goodreads Choice Award-winning poet Amanda Lovelace returns in the witch doesn't burn in this one — the bold second book in her "women are some kind of magic" series. The witch: supernaturally powerful, inscrutably independent, and now—indestructible. These moving, relatable poems…

Poem: Bad Boys Shouldn’t Fall For Good Girls

He hides a halo under Dark hair And Dark eyes Skinny jeans in the dead of summer Leather jacket On a Motorcycle And everyone tells you Stay away He’s got the devil in him He’ll take your soul Chew you up and spit you out Because he’s the dangerous boy Always on the edge of…

Poem: Forever Is Too Long

Oh we built this city on The ruins of an old one On the bones of those before On the ashes of the ones Who couldn’t escape the fire And here we are Human nature We survive despite the odds We always survive But not always with souls intact So tell me a story Tell…

Poem: Those Are Strings, Pinocchio

Careful what you wish for It might just come true A house A home A heart Difference in the details Brings a soul to life (Now I'm free, Got no string on me) How do you make a soul? How do you break a heart? Little wooden boy, I can see your beating-bleeding-heart (And its…

Poem: Stages Of A Doomed Love Story

In the first we conceal our fault lines In the second, the earthquake hits and the truth revealed In the third we rose from the ashes and deal with the aftermath Before We were disaster waiting in the wings After Nothing with ever be the same Because I think each one of us gets two…

Poem: Backs To The Wall

We are not stabbing anyone Not tonight Tonight we keep our daggers In our pockets And we keep our backs against the wall We are not stabbing anyone tonight We are not stabbing anyone tonight Not friends, lovers, or enemies Current or exes or otherwise Tonight we pretend to Be strangers Or barring that We…

Poem: In The Morning (I’ll Be A Ghost)

We all know the story One way or another Of starcrossed lovers, soulmates Blessed and cursed to find each other   It’s an old wife’s tale An old story told at night Two halves of a whole And when together they shine bright   Blessed be the boys time can’t capture Cursed by the girls…

Poem: Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force

Here is the theory of the known universe: Something's got to give Something's got to take A balancing act Or, Chaos (Chaos is always increasing) There is no other choice The boy who can't be moved (Immovable Object) The girl who wouldn't stay (Unstoppable force of nature) A paradox by design What happens if they…

Poem: In The Morning (I’ll Be a Ghost)

  We all know the story One way or another Of starcrossed lovers, soulmates Blessed and cursed to find each other   It’s an old wife’s tale An old story told at night Two halves of a whole And when together they shine bright   Blessed be the boys time can’t capture Cursed by the…