My Review of Poems by Eli Snow

I apologize in advance. I’m no reviewer but I love a challenge and I love these poems!

I decided to review the poems of Eli Snow since she was the first poet I discovered on Medium and started to follow. As I told her, many of the poems leave me breathless. She uses words sparingly, so I will honour her by doing the same.

This poem reminds me of my five-year-old granddaughter, a poet in the making. She loves to entertain us with performance pieces that appear nonsensical but are quite brilliant.

I read this poem when it was first published and loved it. That hasn’t changed in the re-readings. It permits us to forgive ourselves for the times we unintentionally end up “on the hard cold floor”, an overindulgence of ambrosia or angst — you pick.

This is the perfect “cautionary” tidbit for all new writers (and backed up by one of Dr Yildez’s earlier challenges — to write 300 useable words in thirty minutes, every day). All priceless wisdom for those of us new to the discipline of writing.

I agree with Dr Yildez- this entire piece needs to be highlighted.

It’s perfection!

I might be a little crazy. This poem made me laugh and nod my head in commiseration.

I’ll confess I had not appreciated poetry until I started to write seriously. The job of weighing each word in a thousand-word piece is child’s play compared to what Eli does.

I read in awe!