Honestly this collection as a whole wasn’t a vibe.

I thought I would like it because it was marketed as capturing the mundane and the city (Toronto)

And I love the mundane, lyrical poetry, and Toronto so I was like heck yeah

Except it was too mundane and not enough City so it was meh

disappointing

the lyrical poetry was good though.

It was also marketed as Canadian but it was like not that Canadian. That was a let down.

There was not much of a theme or narrative, which made me realize when reading and writing collections, I prefer strong cohesion through theme or narrative.

My favourite poems were titled ” ” which paralled a woman being flayed with a sunset and ” ” which had the most city vibes and featured a fifteen year old girl crying in the rain.

Here are AI representations of 15 year olds crying in the rain in downtown Toronto. THEY ARE EXACTLY WHAT I IMAGINED!!!!!!!

I created them with Microsoft Bing Image designer

Here is a link to the collection from the publisher, indigo, Amazon.